Penn Trauma reports in September 2024 mirror the spectrum of trauma care

October 13, 2024

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In September 2024, Penn Trauma reports embraced the spectrum of trauma care, from rural trauma patients seeking care, to the readiness of military combat trauma personnel in peacetime, and the ongoing question of aspirin’s efficacy as a prophylactic for thromboembolism.

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Geography of the Underserved: The Contribution of Rural Non-Trauma Hospitals to Trauma Care

Kaufman EJ, Prentice C, Williams D, Song J, Haddad DN, Brown JB, Chen X, Colling K, Chatterjee P. Ann Surg. 2024 Sep 18. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006540. Online ahead of print.

A retrospective study of ED visits determines the proportion and characteristics of injured rural residents with injury severity score ≥ 9 (indicating at least moderate injury) treated at urban and rural trauma and non-trauma centers. Comparisons included management, disposition, and outcomes among hospital types. Findings: rural non-trauma centers may constitute an under-recognized source of trauma care.

Military-Civilian Partnership to Improve Combat Casualty Care Readiness Among Non-physician Providers.

Na HK, Cacchione PZ, Cannon J, Schwab CW, Yelon JA. Military Medicine. 2024 Sep 26:usae425. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usae425. Online ahead of print.

The attrition of combat casualty care knowledge and skills among military trauma personnel during peacetime is well recognized, prompting congress to mandate military-civilian partnerships (MCPs). In 2021, the US Navy established an MCP at the Level-1 trauma center at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (PPMC). As well as revealing strengths, a recent analysis of Navy trauma personnel at PPMC identified opportunities to direct clinical experience for underperforming skills, and provided a gauge of readiness in these non-physician providers.

New Research from Penn Trauma

Propensity weighted analysis of chemical venous thromboembolism prophylaxis agents in isolated severe traumatic brain injury: An EAST sponsored multicenter study.
- Injury. September 2024.
Interactive Media-Based Approach for an Exception From Informed Consent Trial Involving Patients With Trauma.
- JAMA Surgery. September 2024.
Fatal and Nonfatal Firearm Injury Rates by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 2019 to 2020.
- Annals of Internal Medicine. September 2024.
Emergency Medicaid enrollment after traumatic injury predicts long-term health care utilization.
- Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. September 2024.
Racial disparities in end-of-life suffering within surgical intensive care units.
- Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open. September 2024.
Patient education series: understanding trauma and emergency general surgery conditions.
- Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open. September 2024.
Pediatric Firearm Deaths and State Policies on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development.
- Annals of Surgery. September 2024.
Is aspirin enough for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis?
- Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open. 2024

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