Learn more about news and events related to the Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care (TESSCC).
03/15/2013: Watertown's Arsenal Medical Developing Foam to Buy Time for Wounded Soldiers
David R. King, MD, director of the Knight Surgical Research Lab at Mass General, is part of a team investigating the use of a biofoam to assist wounded soldiers.
08/13/2010: A conversation with Hasan Alam, MD, of "Boston Med"
MGH Hotline 8.13.10 HASAN ALAM, MD, of the Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care and director of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at MGH, starred in the sixth episode of "Boston Med."
10/19/2009: Clots traveling from lower veins may not be the cause of pulmonary embolism in trauma patients
A report from a team of Massachusetts General Hospital physicians calls into question the longstanding belief that pulmonary embolism – the life-threatening blockage of a major blood vessel in the lungs – is caused in trauma patients by a blood clot traveling from vessels deep within the legs or lower torso.
05/11/2009: Where have the surgeons gone?
Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital surgeon-in-chief, joins lawmakers in Washington D.C. to discuss the shortage of surgeons in the United States.
11/07/2008: A Day in the Life
A day in the life of trauma surgeon Dr. George Velmahos.
03/01/2013: Global Surgery Initiatives 2013
Surgery 2013: Global Initiatives
The Department of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital takes an active role in global health.
10/21/2013: Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS): Student Provider Course
The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS): Student Provider Course provides skills in safe, immediate management and the basic knowledge necessary to assess a patient’s condition rapidly and accurately, resuscitate and stabilize the patient according to priority, determine if the patient's needs exceed a facility's capabilities, arrange appropriately for the patient’s transfer, and ensure optimum care. The course is offered October 21-22, 2013.
10/21/2013: Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS): Student Provider Course
The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS): Student Provider Course provides skills in safe, immediate management and the basic knowledge necessary to assess a patient’s condition rapidly and accurately, resuscitate and stabilize the patient according to priority, determine if the patient's needs exceed a facility's capabilities, arrange appropriately for the patient’s transfer, and ensure optimum care. The course is offered October 21-22, 2013.
05/22/2013: Radical Improvements to Trauma Care: From MGH to the World (And Why You Should Care)
A presentation featuring George Velmahos, MD, Chief of Mass General's Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
05/22/2013: Radical Improvements in Trauma Care: From Mass General to the World (And Why You Should Care)
Massachuetts General Hospital's Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery & Surgical Critical Care invites you to a cocktail reception and presentation-- Radical Improvements in Trauma Care: From Mass General to the World (And Why You Should Care)
11/06/2011: Trauma and Critical Care Symposium
The Trauma and Critical Care Symposium provides in-depth and cutting-edge information in the field of critical care and trauma.
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