The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN), the benchmark for nursing specialty certification across the emergency spectrum, recently announced its 2024-2025 board of directors: Chairperson: Allen C. Wolfe Jr., MSN, CNS, APRN, CFRN, CCRN, CTRN, TCRN, CMTE, FAASTN, senior director of clinical education, Life Link III, Bloomington, Minnesota. Chairperson-elect: Julie Ruddy, BS, RN, CEN,…
Author: Trauma News
The 2022 Standards are now in effect for trauma centers undergoing verification visits from the American College of Surgeons. But while the new standards have been available for some time, trauma program leaders are unsure how the new requirements will be interpreted by surveyors — and how compliance will be verified within the survey process.…
The 2022 revision of Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) includes new response time requirements for neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons and interventional radiologists. This paid content was developed by Trauma System News in cooperation with Viz Trauma Suite.By definition, trauma centers that meet these response times are…
The loss of experienced nurses during the pandemic has created a significant skills gap in Emergency Departments. In many hospitals, new nurses make up more than half of the ED workforce — and fewer experienced nurses are available to share their knowledge and ensure the highest-quality emergency and trauma care. This gap has increased stress…
Northwell Health’s Fifth Annual Trauma Symposium will take place in Melville, New York, on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. The theme of this year’s symposium is “Creating Order Out of Chaos.” Conference sessions will cover trauma resuscitation/simulation, rib fracture fixation, how to do an MCI drill, as well as topics in prehospital trauma. Richard Kamin, MD,…
Mike Williams, a pioneer in the development of organized trauma systems, died on September 25, 2023, at the age of 72. Mike was best known as founder of The Abaris Group, a consulting firm that specializes in EMS and trauma care systems. In the course of more than 40 years, Mike’s firm completed over 300…
The new “interventional radiology response for hemorrhage control” standard from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) is a challenge for most trauma centers. Many program leaders are struggling to overcome the communication and logistical issues that stand in the way of a fast IR response. This webinar shows how trauma program leaders at Texas Health…
Peregrine Health Services, a specialized consulting firm focused on optimizing emergency department (ED) and trauma center performance, will attend the Emergency Nursing 2023 conference to participate in two key sessions and present its trauma and emergency service lines. Emergency Nursing 2023 is the foremost conference for emergency nurses, with several thousand attendees expected. The conference…
Jordan Tyczka, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, has devoted much of her nursing career to trauma education. From 2017 to 2023, Tyczka served as trauma services educator at Inova Loudoun Hospital, a Level III trauma center in Leesburg, Virginia. In this role, she helped nurses throughout the hospital provide more proficient trauma care and improve their…
Franciscan Health Indianapolis has been verified as a Level III trauma center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Committee on Trauma. Trauma program leaders at Franciscan Health Indianapolis have been working on verification for the past three years. The hospital applied to the State of Indiana for trauma center status in February 2020, and…