Jul 16, 2020

Spring 2020

AAST

Adrian A. Maung, MD

Welcome to the Cutting Edge! Our goal is to provide information that will be of use to the practicing acute care surgeon during COVID-19.

COVID-19 AAST Resources Page

The communications committee has put together a repository of COVID-19 Resources. A special thank you to Dr. Bankhead-Kendall and Dr. Paul for leading this effort. Do you have a resource to add? Send it to aast@aast.org

TSACO Resources

TSACO has published a number of articles created by AAST Committees and Member. Visit the BMJ Hub for additional Resources here.

AAST Articles:

Performing tracheostomy during the Covid-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery Committees of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma

eClinic: increasing use of telehealth as a risk reduction strategy during the CPVOpandemic

Tube thoracostomy during the COVID-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the AAST Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care Committees.

JTACS Resources

JTACS has published articles related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit the JTACS for special reports here. Reports are listed on the right side of the linked page.

AAST Articles:

Is there a role for tissue plasminogen activator as a novel treatment for refractory COVID-19 associated acute respiratory distress syndrome?

Panamerican Trauma Society Webinars

The Panamerican Trauma Society (PTS)in collaboration with the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma-International Relations Committee (AAST-IRC)and the World Coalition for Trauma Care ( WCTC) invites you to join ongoing webinars on the Global Response to COVID-19. For updated live information, click here. For past webinars, click here and reference the PTS section.

Military Minute

Jeremy Cannon, MD, SM, FACS

The Combat Casualty Care Research Program (CCCRP) and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have once again sponsored a Military Supplement to the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. This Supplement is slated to appear with the August 2020 issue of the Journal.....

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