Medical Professionals Prep For New Trauma
Life-threatening injuries can happen to any of us, at any time, and medical professionals train to be prepared for whatever is thrown at them.
When accidents happen medical professions need to work like a well-oiled machine.
“When we think about trauma, we think about people who fall from great heights or gunshot wounds perhaps,” said Sara Ackerman, with St. Mary Corwin Medical Center.
Three hundred doctors, nurses and paramedics gathered at the Wilz Trauma Symposium in Pueblo Saturday to make sure those responses are precise and efficient.
“The faster we get to a trauma patient and are able to figure out all the injuries that are involved in the traumatic event that’s occurred, the better their outcome is,” said Ackerman.
The majority of the trauma calls St. Mary Corwin receives are for falls, but Dr. Ed Racht said the world of trauma is changing.
“U.S.-based trauma has historically been motor vehicle crash, and of course the violence associated with it but organized large-scale violence is relatively new,” said Racht.
Events like the Planned Parenthood shooting are forcing them to expand the scope of their training.
“So we learn from the Colorado Springs shooting, we learn from the San Bernadino shooting, we learn from out military colleagues,” said Racht.
Teaching medical professionals to turn tragic events into a powerful learning tool.
“This is how we can do things better, it’s a very very important part of medicine,” said Dr. Racht.
