BACKGROUND A general trend in orthopedic traumatology is the advent of daily, dedicated orthopedic trauma theatres. Availability of trauma theatres is believed to decrease morbidity and mortality, but this remains unproven. We performed a retrospective review comparing morbidity and mortality outcomes at a single institution before and after the establishment of a dedicated trauma room. The pur...

To investigate the relationship between APACHE II, Injury Severity Score (ISS), Glasgow Coma Score (GCS), and behavioral outcome, a group of 39 patients who had been admitted on an emergency basis with a traumatic head injury were selected from the Neuropsychology Registry for study. Except for subtle personality and cognitive changes, all of the patients were making good neurological recoverie...

BACKGROUND The American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma's recent prehospital trauma life support recommendations against prehospital spine immobilization (PHSI) after penetrating trauma are based on a low incidence of unstable spine injuries after penetrating injuries. However, given the chronic and costly nature of devastating spine injuries, the cost-utility of PHSI is unclear. Our h...

Risk Factors for Military Sexual Trauma: Pre-military Trauma, Psychological Adjustment, Combat Exposure and Alcohol Use at the Time of the Trauma Brittany Hollis Old Dominion University, 2015 Director: Michelle L. Kelley Military sexual trauma (MST) is a serious and understudied problem in the military. It may be a particularly important problem for women who have experienced pre-military traum...

We read with interest the article by Tonglet and colleagues [1], who evaluated the efficacy of the Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy Clinical Score (TICCS) to discern between major trauma patients who require damage control resuscitation and those who do not. TICCS, an easily and rapidly computed score by paramedics at a trauma scene, is based on three clinical components: general severity of the tra...

BACKGROUND Due to improved surgical techniques and more efficient decision making in treating severely injured patients, survival rates have increased over the years. This study was initiated to evaluate the incidence and identify risk factors for developing posttraumatic stress symptoms, using both extensive trauma-related data and data assessing the psychological trauma, in a population of se...