The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma will soon release the first major revision of Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient in nearly seven years. But while the new standards are the biggest news for trauma centers, the ACS is set to roll out several other changes in coming months. These…
A smartphone app that curates 911 dispatch data reported serious injury incidents more than 30 minutes before trauma team activation (TTA), according to researchers at…
According to a new survey, a substantial majority of U.S. members of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) support the organization taking an active role…
Many trauma program managers have a hard time evaluating the productivity of individual trauma registrars. A registrar who abstracts eight complex charts in a week…
Approximately 10,000 patients were treated for fireworks injuries in the U.S. in 2019, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Nearly three-quarters of…