Authors Shailvi Gupta, Anthony Tannous, and Thomas Scalea, share Maryland's trauma system in the article "United States trauma system: Maryland focus." This article is published in the Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Journal in June 2022. Gupta and Tannous are from the Shock Trauma Center Program in Trauma at University of Maryland Capital Region Health … Continued

Although there a was huge drop in number of drivers on the road and the number of miles driven in 2020, new data from the Governor’s Highways Safety Association (GHSA) indicates that the number of pedestrians killed on road is the US in 2020 was 6,271, up almost 5 % from the previous year.  Factors … Continued

Leticia Manning Ryan, MD MPH Eileen McDonald, MS We read with great interest the wise words of Arenal Haut, author of “Trauma Awareness Month: Thoughts from the Child of a Trauma Surgeon” in her outstanding blog post highlighting May as trauma awareness month. It reminded us of how children and adolescents can be powerful advocates … Continued

Recent presentation from Maryland Department of Transportation on Highway safety and the states goal of “Zero Deaths” 2018_Trauma Net