On a beautiful day during National EMS Week, UPMC Passavant officials unveiled the hospital’s new advanced response unit (ARU). The vehicle is used to assist… Read more
Category: critical care
Pitt and UPMC Play Key Role in Ambitious Federal Initiative to Create Artificial Dried Whole Blood
Imagine a battlefield medic rushing up to a battered soldier. Now picture an emergency medical technician racing toward an overturned car off a rural road.… Read more
UPMC Doctors Awarded $12 Million Grant for Early-Intervention Hemorrhagic Shock Trial
A team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC was recently awarded a grant from the Linking Investigators in Trauma and Emergency Services… Read more
NOW – Episode 56
The 56th installment of UPMC NOW showcases how a little humility can go a long way at UPMC Children’s Hospital, how a bus in Northcentral Pa.… Read more
Concentrated Saline Improves Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
When people think about traumatic brain injury, or TBI, most picture professional football players, their bodies slamming hard against the ground. But severe brain trauma—due… Read more