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.
Perspective Patient Voices
A Second Trauma: Navigating Infection After Orthopaedic Surgery Read the article from The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery sharing Debra’s story of survivorship, first from her motor vehicle crash and then from a post-surgery infection. “In terms of my health, I can say that my road to recovery will…
Non-Addictive microcurrent emerging as standard of care in SCI neural treatments
A webinar hosted by the North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium (NASCIC). Dr. Richard Todd Dombroski will present patient cases of Cervical Spinal Contusion, Transverse Myelitis, GBS, and Diaphragm Injury using novel microcurrent, or “e-stim”, treatments. He will share the technology and benefits of Reaction Technology™ (in-clinic and at-home) for…
Patient Navigator in Trauma Survivor Follow-Up
A research letter published in JAMA Surgery spotlighted how patient service navigators play an important role in the coordination and delivery of healthcare, but are underutilized in trauma care. A review of the implementation of patient service navigators at a level I trauma center found that their support for patients…
Trauma Survivors Network: history and evolution of a program empowering survivors and families impacted by traumatic injury
The Trauma Survivors Network (TSN), a program of the American Trauma Society (ATS), has a unique history spanning decades with a vision to continue expanding and strengthening services to support survivors and families impacted by traumatic injury. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the ATS has adapted TSN services to provide both…
Integrating Survivors with Frontline Trauma Providers
The commentary below was published in Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open in January, 2025. It was written by two members of the ATS board, Anna Newcomb and Geralyn Ritter. The commentary reflects on how integrating survivors into trauma teams improves trauma care, trauma teams, and research.