Outcomes of Injured Patients Before and After the Institution of a Third-Tier Activation at a Level 1 Trauma Center.

Background: We hypothesized that the addition of a third-level trauma activation would improve outcomes by formalizing an evaluation process for patients in need of urgent evaluation who did not meet the criteria for full or partial trauma alert activation.

Methods: Admission records for all trauma patients admitted between 2000 and 2021 were obtained. The gamma alert trauma activation was implemented in 2011.

Future opportunities for advancing glucose test device electronics.

Advancements in the field of printed electronics can be applied to the field of diabetes testing. A brief history and some new developments in printed electronics components applicable to personal test devices, including circuitry, batteries, transmission devices, displays, and sensors, are presented. Low-cost, thin, and lightweight materials containing printed circuits with energy storage or harvest capability and reactive/display centers, made using new printing/imaging technologies, are ideal for incorporation into personal-use medical devices such as glucose test meters.