Motivation: Upon arrival on the scene, EMT-B's sometimes mistake dramatic fractures for life threatening injuries. The intent of this drill is to remind rescuers that extremity trauma rarely causes a ...

I love to make things easy to remember and repeat, because our job requires us to remember more than we have the ability to. We all learned that the ABC acronym (airway, breathing, circulation) is the ...

Recently, the concept of “trauma-informed” care has permeated many mental health agencies and clinical practices. It has become clear that many of the “symptoms” and presenting problems that bring ...

Trauma is said to have occurred when the body tissues and/or organs sustain injuries caused by the transfer of some form of energy that is greater than they can tolerate (Emergency Nurses Association ...

This first article in a series on trauma nursing introduces the main aspects of major trauma, the different elements of the trauma care pathway from pre-hospital care to rehabilitation, and the ...

WMU's School of Social Work provides students with the opportunity to complete a specialization in trauma practice across the lifespan, for Clinical Social Work (CSW) concentration MSW students.

Jim Henry, LLMSW, Ph.D., is a professor, the director of the FASTER Program, a clinician, and was the director for Western Michigan University Children's Trauma Assessment Center for 23 years that ...