CHICAGO — Injured patients were evaluated and received medical imaging tests 30% faster after an innovative performance improvement project was enacted at one hospital. "Being able to quickly identify ...

Motivation: Upon arrival on the scene, EMT-B's sometimes mistake dramatic fractures for life threatening injuries. The intent of this drill is to remind rescuers that extremity trauma rarely causes a ...

IT WILL IMPACT THE COMMUNITY. CARAY: EMPLOYEES FROM MORE THAN A DOZEN AGENCIES ACROSS THE CITY ARE LEARNING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TRAUMA RESILIENT COMMUNITY, AND THEY’RE TAKING THAT TRAINING BACK TO ...

The Vicarious Trauma Training Certificate Program is a comprehensive framework for understanding and managing the impact of trauma exposure in professional roles. The curriculum is designed to cover ...

Zero preventive trauma deaths. Is it possible, and do first responders hold the key to this lofty goal? Trauma accounts for at least 200,000 U.S. deaths per year. Recognizing this, in its 2016 report, ...

Western Michigan University's Southwest Michigan Children's Trauma Assessment Center (CTAC) has recently partnered with area school districts to create trauma-informed schools. The mission of the ...

LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Germany -- Medical providers from the Army, Air Force and Navy gathered at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Mar. 14-15 for certification in Advanced Trauma Life ...

Over the past 20 years, a convergence of research on neuroscience, epigenetics, adversity and toxic stress has established that exposure to trauma and toxic stress adversely affects the health and ...