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Trauma Coalition Requests Funding for a National Trauma Action Plan
February 6, 2018--Today in Washington, D.C. 33 trauma research advocates from across the country are meeting with their members of Congress to advocate for the creation of a National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP). As recommended in the 2016 National Academies of...
Committee on Trauma Makes Argument for a National Trauma Research Action Plan
In its second installment of a two-part series, the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma published online its rationale for federal support of a National Trauma Action Plan that combines the assets and expertise of America's civilian and military trauma...
Trauma Team Training Minimized Death Count in Texas Shooting
A full-length feature story published in the El Paso Times yesterday recounts the experiences of trauma surgeons at San Antonio's University Hospital as they worked to save the lives of nine victims of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting in early November. The trauma...
NTI Board Member Dr. Eileen Bulger to Lead the ACS Committee on Trauma
Eileen Bulger, MD, a member of the NTI Board of Directors, was recently appointed as Chair of the American College of Surgeons Committee of Trauma (ACS COT). Dr. Bulger has served on ACS trauma committees since 2003, working first in regional committees as the state...
NTI Launches Advocacy & Patient Engagement Committee to Amplify Voices of the Injured
In an effort to better understand the voice of the trauma patient as it relates to advocacy and the research agenda across the spectrum of care, NTI launched its Advocacy & Patient Engagement Committee this fall. NTI Board Member Dr. Martin Croce, Chief of Trauma...
Scars of the Past Drive Toby Harris Toward the Future
Toby Harris isn’t sure whether her memories are her own or belong to the people who saw her through the darkest days of her life. Struck by a car while crossing a street late one summer night, Toby was hurtled 40 feet through the air. After an...
Banked Whole Blood Loses Coagulation Potential Over Time
A study funded by the Department of Defense, managed by NTI, and published in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (Vol. 83, No. 3) identifies a problem with using filtered whole blood for hemostatic resuscitation—it exhibits decreased functional clotting...
DoD-Funded Study Sheds Light on Limits of Intraoperative Systemic Anticoagulation
An article published in Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured [48 (2017) 1911-1916], by the AAST PROOVIT Study Group adds evidence to the body of knowledge surrounding systemic anticoagulation in trauma settings. This study was funded by the DoD via...
Committee on Trauma Explains Gaps in National System
In the fourth installment of its series on the trauma care system in the U.S., the ACS Committee on Trauma shines a light on gaps that lead to variability, higher costs and, ultimately, preventable deaths. Improved bystander training, a rethinking of EMS services, a...
New Trauma Fact Sheet Available from NIGMS
In a just published fact sheet, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) provides a high-level overview of traumatic injury: what constitutes trauma, recent advances in care, and new research insights. The sheet also details a few studies funded by...
Despite Tragedy, Quin Lewis Lives Life to the Fullest
“I could get hit by a bus tomorrow,” is a phrase people commonly use to defend an indulgence or a short-sighted goal. Agonizing over whether to dip into your savings for a trip to Aruba? “I could get hit by a bus tomorrow; I’m going to enjoy my...
Study Finds a Reduction in Injury Deaths Could Raise Life Expectancy by 1.5 Years
A study published August 30, 2017 in Population Health Metrics explores why the U.S. lags behind other developed countries in continuing improvements to public health. Despite increasing by more than 30 years over the last century, the average lifespan in the U.S....
In Exclusive Interview, New CCCRP Director Eyes the Trauma Research Horizon
About a month into his new position as director of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command’s Combat Casualty Care Research Program (CCCRP), Col. Michael Davis is settling into the role. Like his predecessor, Col. Todd Rasmussen, he is looking to advance...
New Research Shows Promise for Spinal Chord Injury Repair
A study published in the Frontiers of Neurology provides promise for those with spinal chord injuries. Surgeons have learned how to reconnect sensory neurons to the spinal chord after traumatic injury, and this new research from a team at King's College London has...
Ellen MacKenzie Earns Distinguished Professorship at JHU
July 20, 2017--Trauma expert Ellen MacKenzie, PhD, was named Johns Hopkins University’s 30th Bloomberg Distinguished Professor this month. Dr. MacKenzie is a past NTI board member and currently co-investigator on an NTI-managed study of pre-hospital death. Leading the...