Disaster planning for a surgical surge: when mass trauma threatens to overwhelm your operating rooms.

Mass casualty events particularly those requiring multiple simultaneous operating rooms are of increasing concern. Existing literature predominantly focuses on mass casualty care in the emergency department. Hospital disaster plans should include a component focused on preparing for multiple simultaneous operations.

Medical Information During Trauma Resuscitations: Are Smartphones the Contemporary Medical ID Bracelet?

Introduction: Smartphone emergency medical identification (SEMID) applications are built-in health information-storing functions that are accessible without a passcode. The utility of these applications in the real-time resuscitation of trauma patients is unknown.

Methods: We prospectively evaluated all trauma activation patients ≥16 y and unable to provide a medical history for any reason for the presence of a smartphone at our urban level I center between October 2020 and September 2021.

Reduction of anti-A and anti-B isoagglutinin titers of group O whole blood units employing an ABO antibody immune adsorption column.

Background: Massive hemorrhage is a leading cause of death from trauma. There is growing interest in group O whole blood transfusions to mitigate coagulopathy and hemorrhagic shock. Insufficient availability of low-titer group O whole blood is a barrier to routine use.