Most trauma teams have little trouble moving patients quickly from triage through resuscitation to critical care. But after the patient is stabilized, the process often comes to a standstill because post-ICU and post-acute services are inadequate or unavailable. The results are…
Trauma nurses seeking specialty certification through the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) will soon be tested on updated content. As part of its regular five-year review process, the BCEN recently published a revised content outline for the Trauma Certified…
The concept of the fluid compartment model has existed for more than a century. However, while this model is routinely taught to physicians and advanced practice providers, many nurses remain unfamiliar with the critical concepts. Why? Historically, nursing education has focused…
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…