Prehospital trauma care gets flexible option as whole blood matches components in nationwide trial

Giving whole blood or the component parts of blood are equally effective options for paramedics and emergency medical ...
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Laverty, Robert, M.D.

Major Robert Laverty is an active duty Air Force trauma surgeon with the Special Operations Surgical Team (SOST) based out of UAB. He joined UAB in 2024, when he became a clinical assistant professor ...
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Children treated at trauma centers with highest pediatric readiness less likely to die, study shows

Children initially treated at trauma centers with the highest level of preparedness to care for children, called pediatric readiness, are significantly less likely to die than those initially treated ...
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A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury

This study was supported by Contract No. W81XWH-15-C-0045 with the U.S. Department of Defense, Contract No. HSHQDC-15-C-00080 with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Contract No.
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More Than Survival: Healing Trauma From Violence

In this conversation, Elinore Kaufman, M.D., medical director of the Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program, and Michele Volpe ...