Newly developed consensus definitions for complete and accurate Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma (FAST) and extended FAST (E-FAST) evaluations may better guide clinical decision-making ...

CTAG, an acronym for Children’s Trauma Assessment Group, is an organization working to improve the lives of children in St. Joseph County. The group consists of the probate court, prosecuting attorney ...

Zero preventive trauma deaths. Is it possible, and do first responders hold the key to this lofty goal? Trauma accounts for at least 200,000 U.S. deaths per year. Recognizing this, in its 2016 report, ...

VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - Many who are still recovering during the aftermath of Hurricane Helene are struggling emotionally. In times like these experts say it’s important to think about your mental ...

On a sunny Michigan morning, Jim Henry and his team sit or stand in front of a two-way mirror, watching the reunification of a mother and the child she tried to kill. And it’s just Tuesday. Henry and ...

If it seems like “trauma” has become a buzzword recently, there’s a reason for that: The understanding of what trauma is, and how it affects our health, is a relatively young field of study. Even in ...

In hospital trauma centers, where life-or-death decisions are made in seconds, fractions of a second it takes even the best doctors to remember “what’s next?” could be pivotal. With the goal of saving ...

The state of Michigan has ended its contract with Western Michigan University's Children's Trauma Assessment Center because the center's director was practicing social work without a license and ...

Eating disorders are among the deadliest and fastest-growing mental health conditions, yet they remain largely misunderstood. Popular portrayals reduce these illnesses to superficial stereotypes, ...

To the children and teachers roiling in the anguished aftermath of the 2021 Oxford High School shooting, it probably seemed there was no way forward out of shock and grief. A school community had been ...

FORT LIBERTY, N.C. — Team members with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity joined dozens of U.S. Army medics at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, to assess the progress of several ...