Apr 4th, 15

Lessons from the battlefield are transforming emergency medicine in huge ways

Lessons from the battlefield are transforming emergency medicine in huge ways
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About 35 million people are treated in the United States each year for traumatic injuries, such as those cause by gunshots and car accidents. Trauma is the leading cause of death for Americans under 44, according to the Trauma Center Association of America.

The techniques brought home since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States are a reflection of the historic low in combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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