By Alyssa Brown How was your day? This is always such a loaded question. It also probably explains why I don’t call my family and non-medical friends as much while I’m on the trauma ICU rotation....
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Trauma in the Time of COVID
By Jeff Claridge and Lillian Kao As trauma surgeons and acute care surgeons, we are available 24/7 for all types of emergencies and crises. We often find ourselves at the epicenter of disasters, such...
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Building resilience in the wake of Sutherland Springs – How will we survive another mass casualty event?
For years now, our regional trauma system has performed scheduled drills of potential mass casualty events: an airplane crash, a stadium event, a nightclub shooting, etc. Our team is prepared to care ...
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Look for the Helpers – A Surgeon-in-Training’s Thoughts on the Orlando Shooting
By Brittany Bankhead-Kendall As events unfold and I wonder if some day my own trauma pager will have the words "mass casualty" on it, and on how sad that is, I am reminded of a great quote: "Whe...
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June is National Safety Month
As a trauma surgeon, I should be thinking about safety all the time, and writing about it should be easy. But when I really sat and thought about safety, I found that it’s more difficult than one ...