EMS Training Tuesday!

Pittsburgh EMS began the process of credentialing paramedics to administer whole blood in the field.

More paramedics will receive this course, and blood coolers will be installed on the EMS Heavy Rescues, which respond to all critical trauma incidents.

Chief of Acute Care and Trauma Surgery Boston Medical Center, Tracey Dechert, MD. tracey dechert, md’s topic: “Redlining, social mobility and firearm violence”

Don’t think anyone will be able to beat the title of this talk. 😬 BMC Surgery Boston Trauma

A recent meta-analysis of LTOWB finds improved survival at 24h (RR 1.07, 1.03-1.12) and 1mo (RR 1.05, 1.01-1.09).
-58717 total, 5164 received LTOWB
-11 adult prospective observational, 7 retrospective
-3 pedi prospective observational, 3 retrospective
-No RCTs (limitation)

Ever wonder how firearm laws could save lives? Check out this groundbreaking study by Aksel Laudon Dane Scantling shedding light on the impact of firearm laws on ⬇️ homicide rates in US. Which legislative measures could save thousands of lives? BMC Surgery Boston Trauma

Good looking group of everyday heroes there. Bringing patients and prehospital whole 🩸 directly from the scene to a trauma center near you. BMC Surgery Boston Trauma Boston Med Center EM

I give much credit to the The Student National Medical Association (SNMA) for my accomplishments from undergrad and beyond. It only made sense to continue to give back. Full circle. With Sheina Theodore MD Vonzella Bryant Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine SNMA MAPS Day.

Dec. we became the 1st prehospital whole blood program & ground EMS field transfusion in MA with partners in law enforcement. Today we’ve trained a unique group of paramedics to provide for civilians. Sheina Theodore MD Megan Janeway Boston Medical Center BMC Surgery tracey dechert, md Bill Galvin

privileged to call this amazing group of surgeons my partners 😊 Boston Trauma

Thrilled to witness Jennifer Tseng (IG: @tsengjennifermd) well deserved recognition as an Innovator in Healthcare by Boston Business Journal ! Her dedication to advancing healthcare is truly inspiring and phenomenal. Congratulations!!! ⭐️

Amazing presentation by Anna Kobzeva-Herzog predicting factors associated with G-tube dislodgment in a safety-net population. Delirium within 24 hrs before placement ➡️ more dislodgments. BMC Surgery

Lessons and skills learned from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins JSCOR continue to demonstrate how invaluable these were to me as a student. Discovering possibilities to improving trauma patient survival through research. Elliott R Haut, MD, PhD

Our work further strengthens the evidence for given whole blood 🩸 asap in trauma patients that need it. Joseph Sakran Dane Scantling Noelle Saillant Sabrina Sanchez tracey dechert, md BMC Surgery Boston Trauma Boston Medical Center BostonSurgicalSociety BostonSOAR
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Outstanding work and presentation by Anna Kobzeva-Herzog on Early VTE ppx in polytrauma needing major orthopedic intervention. Jonathan Meizoso, MD, MSPH, FACS providing an insightful discussion. #EAST2024 Dane Scantling Sabrina Sanchez Aaron Richman Boston Trauma BMC Surgery

De facto “VTE in Trauma” mini session at EAST #EAST2024 . Early prophylaxis is safe and effective. We can do better.

More info here at Coalition for National Trauma Research website about our NIH NHLBI funded conference.

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Rotating off EGS Committee and on to MTC! Pumped about the opportunity to serve. #EAST2024 Boston Trauma BMC Surgery