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 Bulger discuss important projects currently being coordinated by NTI and CNTR including the National Trauma Research Repository and the National Trauma Research Action Plan.
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 &...
Sue Baldissari Works for a Better Normal
Following the car crash that left Susan Baldissari permanently injured, she endured 15 surgeries over seven years as well as extensive physical therapy, both in a rehabilitation hospital and as an outpatient. Twenty years later, Sue knows she needs another ankle...
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...
Four 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...
National 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...
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...