The winner of the 2026 Distinguished TCRN Award is Cassie Herman, BSN, RN, TCRN, trauma program manager at Riverside Health, a Level II trauma center in Newport News, Virginia. This annual award is presented by the Board of Certification for Emergency…
Trauma nursing is a demanding career that presents daily challenges but also provides a range of personal and professional rewards. That’s the overall finding of a recent survey entitled “What Do Trauma Nurses Value the Most About Their Job?” The survey…
This month marks the tenth anniversary of the Trauma Certified Registered Nurse (TCRN) certification program of the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN). In honor of this milestone, the BCEN is offering a 10% discount on initial TCRN certification and renewals…
Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) was developed to help fulfill one of the major tenets of trauma patient management — stop massive exsanguination. While REBOA has many supporters, controversies surrounding both its placement and efficacy abound. Even physicians who…
Forty years ago, Peter Rosen, MD, then the chair of the Emergency Department at Denver General Hospital (now Denver Health), defined a concept he called “The Technical Imperative.” Quite simply, the Technical Imperative is the principle that “If a procedure is taught,…
The goal of the national Stop the Bleed campaign [1] is to empower everyday people to provide life-saving bleeding control. While the program is aimed at the general public, it could also be a big benefit to police officers, sheriff’s deputies, state…