NTI Trauma Blog
Omnibus FY18 Spending Bill Includes Additional $10 Million for Trauma Clinical Research Program
April 12, 2018 – In the fiscal year 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill signed into law in March, Congress appropriated additional funding for a trauma clinical research network. Congress added $10 million in the Defense Health Program Research, Development, Test &...
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Learn How to Save a Life
While March 31st was the official "Stop the Bleed Day," members of the public are urged to learn bleeding control techniques whenever they are able. Developed by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, the Stop the Bleed program trains bystanders to be...
read moreFour U.S. House Members Lead Bipartisan Push for National Trauma Research Action Plan
March 19, 2018--Following a lobbying effort by members of the Coalition for National Trauma Research (CNTR) in February, House members Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Will Hurd (TX-23), Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02) and Joseph Kennedy III (MA-04) took the lead on a request for...
read moreNational Trauma Research Repository to Launch in 2018
The National Trauma Research Repository (NTRR) is now under rapid development, with a targeted launch window of early summer 2018. The new data repository will be capable of capturing all the research data from clinical studies--not just trauma patient medical...
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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...
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