A clinical trial using human neural stem cells for the treatment of cervical spinal cord injury is beginning at the Miller School of Medicine. The University of Miami institution is associated with the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Medical Center, a Level I adult and pediatric trauma center. The Pathway Study is the first…
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Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., was recently re-designated as a Level III trauma center by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ Unit of Emergency Medical Services. “The multidisciplinary, systematic approach to care within our trauma system is key and was favorably commented on more than once during the on-site review,”…
Quality of care and patient outcomes at a Level I trauma center in Germany remain consistent for patients admitted during “business hours” and those treated after hours, according to a recent paper in the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. Researchers at University Hospital Regensburg studied 394 patients with multiple trauma. Patients were…
Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Fla., saw a decrease in the number of motorcycle-related trauma admissions during this year’s Biktoberfest, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report. The hospital admitted 11 injured riders during this year’s four-day motorcycle event, compared to 15 admissions during the 2013 gathering. Kevin Captain, trauma program manager at…
Colorado Canyons Hospital & Medical Center in Fruita, Colo., was recently designated as a Level IV trauma center by the Colorado Department of Public Health. Colorado Canyons is part of the state’s Northwest Regional Emergency Medical and Trauma Advisory Council. The hospital is approximately 10 miles northwest of Grand Junction, location of St. Mary’s Hospital,…
Accrediting new Level II and Level III trauma centers reduced the trauma patient census at a Level I trauma center in Pennsylvania, according to a research brief publishing this month in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. However, the mortality rate of patients at the Level I center decreased. The study examined 10…
Fire department and county EMS officials in Marysville, Wash., defended the decision to transport high school shooting victims to a nearby hospital rather than the region’s Level I pediatric trauma center, according to a Seattle Times report. Teenage victims of the October 24 shooting were transported by ground ambulance to nearby Providence Regional Medical Center…
Victims of the recent high school shooting in Marysville, Wash., were transported first to a local hospital, not the region’s top-level trauma center, according to a Seattle Times report. Trauma care leaders in Washington state are questioning the decision, and system leaders are seeking debriefings. Harborview Medical Center in Seattle is a verified Level I…
The American College of Surgeons 2014 Clinical Congress takes place this week in San Francisco. The conference features a range of sessions covering trauma surgery and the management of traumatically injured patients, including: 1. The Disaster Abdomen: Problems of an Open Abdomen, Enteroatmospheric Fistulas and Beyond Read Description 2. Surgical Hospitalists, Shift Coverage and Advanced…
States are taking different approaches to the role of trauma centers in Ebola response planning. The University of California announced Friday that all five of its Level I trauma centers are prepared to receive patients with Ebola infections. Meanwhile, Minnesota healthcare leaders have specifically excluded Level I trauma centers from the state’s Ebola plan. Lawrence…