NTI in the news:
SA trauma institute gets $3.8 million grant for research:
Web posted Thursday, November 15, 2007
L.A. Lorek, San Antonio Express-News Business
SAN ANTONIO -
The National Trauma Institute in San Antonio received a $3.8 million
grant Thursday from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund to help fund new
medical devices and technology to save lives and to help trauma victims.
Two simple products carried by every American soldier have saved
countless lives, said Col. John Holcomb, commander of the U.S. Army's
Institute of Surgical Research. A one-handed tourniquet can stop blood
loss quickly, and a high-tech bandage promotes rapid blood clotting.
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SA being positioned as a major trauma hub:
Web posted/printed Wednesday, November 7, 2007, San Antonio Express News
SAN ANTONIO - San Antonio's military and civilian medical experts
are positioning the city as one of the nation's major centers for trauma research and treatment. "From a military standpoint,
we have 500 deaths per year in a time of war, but the trauma problem is so much greater in the civilian world, with 160,000
deaths annually," said Col. John Holcomb, commander of the US Army Institute of Surgical Research.
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National Trauma Institute seeks $100 million injection:
Web posted/printed Friday, October 26, 2007, San Antonio Business Journal
SAN ANTONIO - This city's leading trauma experts, both military and civilian, are hopeful that a new bill introduced by Congressman Charlie Gonzalez, D-San Antonio, will attract enough bi-partisan support to become law. If approved, House Bill
3673 would provide a landmark financial boost to the National Trauma Institute (NTI),
which was created earlier this year and is based in the Alamo City.
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SA Trauma Symposium focuses on research:
Web posted: Friday, September 21, 2007, HSC News
SAN ANTONIO - The 13th Annual San Antonio Trauma Symposium, which took place Aug. 20-22 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, served as a platform to promote emergency and trauma care awareness on a national level, particularly the need for more research dollars to be devoted to this critical area of medicine.
The National Trauma Institute (NTI) presented the symposium along with Navy Medicine. The NTI represents the partnership and combined resources of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Brooke Army Medical Center, Wilford Hall Medical Center, the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research and the University Health System.
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San Antonio plays role in reducing war deaths
Web Posted: 08/21/2007 01:54 AM CDT
Nicole Foy, Express-News Medical Writer
Death rates among soldiers in the current war stand at half of those
seen in Vietnam, and some of that success can be directly traced to San
Antonio, leading military and civilian trauma doctors said Monday. (8-21-07)
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National Trauma Symposium held in San Antonio
KENS-5 San Antonio interviews Ronald M. Stewart, MD, Chief of Trauma Surgery, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio:
Advances in trauma care. (8-21-07)
Video of
interview
Trauma care for civilians, GIs on agenda
Web Posted: 08/19/2007 11:10 PM CDT
Nicole Foy, Express-News Medical Writer
Caring for the injured in a war zone is about getting to the right soldier at the right time. A new technology being developed by a national trauma consortium based in San Antonio would help prioritize that process by keeping constant track of soldiers' vital signs, then beaming them back wirelessly to medics in the field.
The device, touted as a way to prioritize medical care and save lives in
the process, is just one of many research projects under the National
Trauma Institute, a military/civilian collaboration based in San
Antonio. The organization involves the University of Texas Health
Science Center and the area's three top-tier trauma centers: the Brooke
Army and Wilford Hall medical centers and University Hospital. (8-20-07)
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Joint Trauma Institute Takes on National Role:
In early March 2007, TRISAT became the
National Trauma Institute, expanding their
collaborative research, patient care, and training role from a local to a national level.
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US Army Military News (3-1-07)
Austin American Statesman (2-23-07)
(March 2007)
SAVE THE DATE! 14th ANNUAL SAN ANTONIO TRAUMA SYMPOSIUM: August 25-27, 2008
