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
Tag: trauma
UPMC Trial for Safer Pain Management for Trauma Patients
Fentanyl is widely recognized as a highly potent and deadly street drug, accounting for countless overdose deaths in the ongoing opioid epidemic, but it does… Read more
UPMC Mercy Recognizes National Burn Awareness Week with “Burning Issues in the Kitchen”
Burns and other injuries in the kitchen are common, and the cause is usually due to multi-tasking. This observation is from the experts at UPMC… Read more
TOWAR Study Aims to Improve Mortality Rates for Trauma Patients
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are leading the Type O Whole blood and assessment of AGE during prehospital Resuscitation (TOWAR) Trial in an effort… Read more
UPMC Mercy Celebrates 33rd Annual Burn Survivor Sunday
Each year, 40,000 Americans are hospitalized for burn injuries with nearly half of these injuries occurring in the home, according to the Burn Foundation. Although… Read more