Trauma Blog
NTI, CNTR and the National Trauma Research Repository: Explained in the Latest EAST Traumacast
Listen to the EAST Traumacast, posted March 8, 2019, to learn about how the National Trauma Institute and the Coalition for National Trauma Research partner with trauma investigators to bring large-scale studies to fruition. Drs. Don Jenkins, Joe Dubose and Eileen...
A Better Way To Train? High-Fidelity Simulator Tested at UT Health San Antonio
February 7, 2019--Shots rang out from a video depicting a chaotic combat scenario, soldiers taking fire while racing through the woods toward a man down, shot in the face and bleeding profusely. Dr. Bob Buckman’s presentation had begun. A retired trauma surgeon, Dr....
Work on a National Trauma Research Plan Kicks Off This Week
January 10, 2019--Yesterday, the steering committee of the National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP) project met in Washington, D.C. for its launch. As its first aim, the NTRAP project is assembling 11 panels of experts, who span the continuum of trauma care from...
The National Trauma Institute Welcomes Three New Members to its Board of Directors
December 3, 2018—San Antonio, TX. The National Trauma Institute announced changes to its Board of Directors, including scheduled organizational representative turnover and the addition of a new affiliated professional group. Christopher Kang, MD, replaces Angela...
Dr. Basil A. Pruitt, Jr. Featured in San Antonio Express-News Article
Retired Commander of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (ISR) and a founding board member of the National Trauma Institute, Dr. Basil A. Pruitt, Jr. was honored in an October 22nd San Antonio Express-News article celebrating his contributions to medicine....
CLOTT Study Enters Phase 2, Adding Investigations of Platelet Behavior
October 12, 2018--Following a productive investigation of the incidence of pulmonary thrombi after injury and the role of clot breakdown in the development of post-traumatic pulmonary embolism, the CLOTT study group (Consortium of Leaders in the Study of Traumatic...
Trauma Research Repository Demonstrated During AAST Meeting In September
AAST members had the opportunity to see the National Trauma Research Repository at the Coalition for National Trauma Research booth during the 77thClinical Congress last month in San Diego. Many surgeons stopping by the booth had questions about how the NTRR differs...
National Trauma Research Action Plan set in Motion with DoD Funding
October 11, 2018--NTI and the Coalition for National Trauma Research (CNTR) begin work on the National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP), with the September award of a $2.7 million contract from the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC). USAMRMC...
Jenkins and Price Talk NTRR on the EAST Traumacast
August 6, 2018--The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma published its latest Traumacast (#105), on the topic of the National Trauma Research Repository (NTRR). In the podcast, Donald Jenkins, MD, and Michelle Price, PhD, of the National Trauma Institute,...
NTI Launches National Trauma Research Repository
This month, the National Trauma Institute went live with the National Trauma Research Repository (NTRR-NTI.org), a web-based clinical research data repository built to serve the emerging data sharing needs of the entire trauma research community. The National Trauma...
MIMIC Study Breaks New Ground: Geospatial Mapping of Trauma System Response Resources
The Multi-Institutional Multidisciplinary Injury Mortality Investigation in the Civilian Pre-Hospital Environment (MIMIC) project aims to determine whether injured people who died before reaching a hospital had potentially survivable injury. But before this Department...
Rate of Death from Falls Increasing for the Aged
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), U.S. emergency departments treat approximately 3 million U.S. residents aged 65 and older for fall-related injuries. In the ten years between 2007 and 2016, "the rate of deaths from falls increased...by an average of...
New Love for Life Follows McGinnes’ Attempt at Death
In 2010, Christen McGinnes lost her relentless optimism. A punishing wave of setbacks had beaten her down to the point where ending her own life seemed to be the only avenue for relief. A fall down a staircase left her with a traumatic brain injury that altered her...
May is National Trauma Awareness Month
April 30, 2018--This May marks 30 years of National Trauma Awareness Month. Initiated in 1988 by President Ronald Reagan, the annual month-long educational effort recognizes trauma as a major public health problem. Organizations dedicated to trauma injury prevention,...
Trauma Surgeons Publish Strategy for Firearm Injury Prevention
April 23, 2018--In an article published in the Journal of Trauma, Drs. Ronald Stewart, Eileen Bulger, Michael Rotondo and Deborah Kuhls lay out an approach to address the rising toll of firearm injury that steers clear of political and personal pitfalls. Freedom with...