All TSN Posts

These are all the current TSN posts of all categories:

• Tulip visits Prisma Children’s Hospital
  Tulip visits Prisma Health Children’s Hospital-Midlands During Tulip’s visit at Prisma Health Children’s Hospital, she participated in several car seat checks ensuring caregivers were educated on child passenger safety (CPS). Tulip enjoyed advocating for child restraint usage focused on preventing pediatric injuries during motor vehicle crashes. Additionally, Tulip participated in one of Prisma’s Buddy Safety Store’s in ...
• Thistle UPMC Williamsport
  Thistle visits UPMC Williamsport The Trauma Team at UPMC Williamsport was excited to host Thistle. Thistle arrived at our trauma center as the official Trauma Llama Ambassador for the TSN, ready to visit patients, support staff, and spread encouragement throughout the hospital. However, Thistle unexpectedly became a patient himself, spending time in the trauma bay and working towards ...
• Examining our lens: how bias heightens disparities in trauma research
  Article published in Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open (TSACO) “Examining our lens: how bias heightens disparities in trauma research”, June 2025.  This paper is a product of the August 2023, Summit on the Advancement of Focused Equity Research (SAFER) meeting hosted/coordinated by Coalition for National Trauma Research (CNTR).  ATS Board member Garrett Hall was an ATS representative at the SAFER event and ...
• NTSD-2026
  National Trauma Survivors Day The third Wednesday in May is a little different than all the other days of the year. It’s the day we chose to recognize, honor, and celebrate injury survivors and all those who care for them. It’s a day filled with joy, tears, and connection. Across the network and around the world, ...
• Volunteer Appreciation-Atrium
  Celebrating Volunteers at Atrium Health TSN Each year during Volunteer Appreciation Month, the Atrium Health Trauma Survivors Network (TSN) hosts an annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner centered on connection, gratitude, and shared purpose. The dinner is a special opportunity to pause, reflect, and celebrate the remarkable trauma survivors who give so much of themselves to our program. ...
• Becoming A Peer Visitor
  Becoming A Peer Visitor: Michael’s Story Hi, my name is Michael and this why I decided to become a peer visitor.  Life before my motorcycle accident was probably not much different than anyone else.  I had a true lust for life enjoying anything and everything outdoors and spending time with family and friends.  I have been ...
• Food As Medicine
  Trauma Recovery Can Be Supported by “Food as Medicine” Interventions Food insecurity is a critical determinant of injury recovery and re-injury prevention. Advocating for integration of food-based interventions can improve outcomes for injured patients.
• Power of Peer Mentoring
  In November 2010, I was run over by a truck while riding my bicycle to work in a city bike lane.  My left leg was crushed by the truck’s tires.  I had broken ribs, a fractured pelvis, and extreme blood loss.  A team of trauma surgeons saved my life, but they had to amputate my ...
• Snickers visits Corewell Health
  Snickers visits Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Snickers, the beloved Trauma Llama, recently made a special visit to Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital and the Multidisciplinary Trauma Clinic, spreading comfort, smiles, and a little extra joy across campus.  During his visit, Snickers stopped by Butterworth Emergency Room, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, and the Meijer Heart Center, where he had ...
• The Burriel Family’s Journey
  It has been 12 years. 12 years since Nick Jr. was reported dead after an assault and flat lined for 25 minutes. He spent weeks in a coma and a year and a half at Centre for Neuron Skills for an anioxy brain injury. This is not only Nick Jr.’s story, but the story of ...