The Future of Trauma (Interview)

Summary: In this EM Bolus we will be discussing the future of trauma resuscitation with Dr. Sam Tisherman, a professor of trauma surgery at the University of Maryland. He is currently conducting a very interesting study that has the potential to drastically change our approach to trauma forever. What if we cool trauma patients after they have died? What if we make them VERY cold, like those stories of cold water drownings who recover after being underwater for over an hour? What if we fill our dead trauma patients with icy saline and take their body to the OR so we have time to fix their injuries? Will it be too late? Today we take you to the fringe of medical discovery and address all of these questions.<br>