Author: Trauma News

The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) has announced that Jamin Rankin, BSN, RN, CEN, CFRN, TCRN, CPEN, CTRN, is the recipient of the 2024 Distinguished TCRN Award. Rankin is trauma program manager at Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Medical Center in Monroe, Louisiana. In his role as a trauma leader, he provides education to…

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The 2024 Erlanger Trauma & Surgical Critical Care Symposium will take place May 30-31, 2024, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The keynote speaker for this year’s symposium is Ryan Dumas, MD, associate professor of surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center and associate trauma medical director at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. The title of Dr. Dumas’ address…

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The American College of Surgeons now requires trauma centers to assess the pediatric readiness of their emergency department (ED) and develop a plan for closing identified gaps. Unfortunately, many administrators at adult facilities do not see the urgency of this requirement. At the same time, many trauma and ED leaders have misconceptions about the difficulty…

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The 2024 Metrolina Trauma Symposium will take place May 9 and 10 at the Harris Conference Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Conference presentations will cover a range of issues in trauma nursing, prehospital care, trauma registry, trauma quality improvement and other topics. The symposium is being presented by the Metrolina Trauma Advisory Committee, which encompasses…

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The Grey Book from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) is succinct in its wording and straightforward in its requirements. Yet in some cases, it can be hard to get a full picture of the expectations from the standards document alone. In addition, many trauma program leaders are unsure how to design policies and processes…

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High nurse turnover in the Emergency Department is a significant problem in many hospitals. As the overall experience of the nursing staff decreases, trauma programs are challenged to maintain care quality. ED and trauma program leaders at Erlanger Health System, a Level I trauma center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, addressed this complex problem with a unique…

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