Forum Remix: Trauma Care in the Prehospital Setting

by Alison Hayward, M.D.
SDN Staff Writer

Mark J. Seamon , M.D. is the director of trauma research at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. He has a keen interest in pre-hospital care and how pre-hospital interventions affect trauma patients, and recently published an article in the Journal of Trauma titled “Prehospital Procedures Before Emergency Department Thoracotomy: ‘Scoop and Run’ Saves Lives” which was hotly debated in SDN’s Pre-Hospital Forum. Read more »

Evaluating Medical Resources: Ten Things to Know

Reprinted with Permission

The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading. This short guide contains important questions you should consider as you look for health information online. Answering these questions when you visit a new site will help you evaluate the information you find.

1. Who runs this site?

Any good health-related Web site should make it easy for you to learn who is responsible for the site and its information. On the NCCAM Web site, for example, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is clearly marked on every major page of the site, along with a link to the NCCAM homepage. Read more »

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