Effectiveness of SAS in predicting emergency surgery outcomes
BACKGROUND: With current literature quoting mortality rates up to 45%, emergency high-risk abdominal surgery has, compared with elective surgery, a significantly greater risk of death and major...
View ArticleStudy: OR team communication varies during emergencies
Ineffective communication among members of a multidisciplinary team is associated with operative error and failure to rescue. We sought to measure operative team communication in a simulated emergency...
View ArticleBrief learning module effective in teaching hemorrhage control
Uncontrolled hemorrhage is the leading cause of potentially preventable traumatic death. Bleeding victims must receive immediate medical attention to save lives, and the first opportunity to control...
View ArticleTraining surgeons to teach the public bleeding control techniques
With increasing active shooter and intentional mass casualty events, as well as everyday injuries resulting in severe bleeding, there have been calls for the public to learn bleeding control...
View ArticleClotting assay predicts need for massive transfusion in trauma patients
Coagulopathy is associated with massive transfusion in trauma, yet most clinical scores to predict this end point do not incorporate coagulation assays. Previous work has identified that shock...
View ArticleTrauma centers with ACS verification have fewer complications
For pediatric and elderly trauma patients across all ranges of injury, complications are decreased for all age groups with major trauma in American College of Surgeons-verified centers. More » The post...
View ArticlePublic expects physicians, nurses to protect them during active shooting events
Editor’s Note Results of a new national survey by the Hartford Consensus about views of the public and healthcare professionals on active shooter events in hospitals show that: 61% of the public and...
View ArticleHouston Hospitals hit by flooding from Harvey
Hurricane Harvey, which killed two people and devastated parts of Texas this weekend was causing some hospitals to close or evacuate because of flooding and still-dangerous weather. Baylor College of...
View ArticleFlooding from Harvey prompts HHS to declare public health emergency
Texas National Guardsmen assist residents affected by flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey onto a military vehicle in Houston on Aug. 27. Army National Guard photo by Lt. Zachary West. The U.S....
View Article23 Houston-area hospitals move patients; 25 more are vulnerable
As the flooding crisis deepened Tuesday in Houston, its vast network of hospitals - a jewel in the city's crown - staggered under an uncertainty of how and where to care for its sickest patients. More...
View ArticleMode of transport to hospital linked to mortality in penetrating trauma patients
Editor’s Note Private vehicle transport was associated with a significantly lower likelihood of death compared with ground emergency medical services (EMS) transport for patients with gunshot and stab...
View ArticleDiffusion, implementation of acute care surgery across the US
Editor’s Note Acute care surgery (ie, an organized system of trauma, general surgery, and critical care) implementation has occurred unevenly across the US, with rural communities and regions the...
View ArticleECRI Institute offers free disaster preparedness, recovery resources
Editor’s Note In response to the destruction caused by hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, the ECRI Institute is providing free access to resources, publications, and tools to help guide healthcare...
View ArticleCapitol Hill lawmakers participate in ACS bleeding control training
Editor’s Note Nearly 40 members of Congress and staff on October 12 received training from surgeon members of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) on how to stop life-threatening bleeding. The class...
View ArticleJoint Commission updates emergency management requirements
Editor’s Note The Joint Commission on November 3 updated its emergency management requirements for hospital, ambulatory, home health, and hospice settings, effective November 15. The updated standards...
View ArticleNurse-run telephone triage service for after-hour calls by neurosurgery patients
Editor’s Note Clinical Advice Service (CAS), a nurse-run telephone triage service for after-hour calls, developed at the Stanford University School of Medicine, provides well-coordinated care to...
View ArticleCMS: Two exercises of emergency operations plan required annually
Editor’s Note The Joint Commission reported on January 31 that it had confirmed with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that organizations are required to have two exercises of...
View ArticleAssociation of injury location to mortality
Editor’s Note Injury scene characteristics are linked to mortality, with odds of death highest for those injured in communities with higher median age or lower per capita income, and located farther...
View ArticleFDA permits marketing of new blood test for concussions
Editor’s Note The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) on February 14 authorized marketing of the first blood test to help evaluate concussions in adults and reduce the need for CT scans. The Banyan...
View ArticleJoint Commission improves access to revised EM standards for ambulatory care...
Editor’s Note The Joint Commission on February 21 announced that it has created specific versions of 19 elements of performance (EPs) for deemed ambulatory surgical centers and specific versions for...
View Article