Advances in prehospital care and trauma resuscitation have enabled the early survival of
many injured patients who previously had a high chance of dying at the accident scene or …

The damage control approach was born out of a need to meet the challenge of the changing
scope and severity of injury in America in the last 10 years. With the rising tide of violence in …

“Damage control” surgery has evolved during the past 20 years from an accepted surgical
technique in the traumatized, moribund patient to an expanded role in critically ill …

Definitive laparotomy (DL) for penetrating abdominal wounding with combined vascular and
visceral injury is a difficult surgical challenge. Physiologic derangements such as dilutional …

Objective Damage control (DC) has proven valuable in exsanguinated patients. The
purpose of this study was to quantify and qualify the impact of current damage control …

Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) provides a new tool in
selected patients for the management of non-compressible torso hemorrhage. 1–3 Recent …

Background The open abdomen has become a common procedure in the management of
complex abdominal problems and has improved patient survival. The method of temporary …

The recent mass casualty shooting events in the United States have had a profound effect
on all segments of society. The medical, law enforcement, fire/rescue, and EMS communities …

Background. We wanted to assess the efficiency of instituting a modified technique of
percutaneous tracheostomy (PET) with bronchoscopic guidance. Methods. During a 10 …

The open abdomen is now a common clinical challenge in surgical intensive care units
(SICU). It is an iatrogenic complication of modern surgery, resulting from advances in the …