Editor's Note

by Adrian A. Maung, M.D.

Welcome to the May/June 2018 edition of the Cutting Edge!

In this edition, you will find:

• The “News” section highlights both professional and personal updates on AAST members. 

• In this issue’s “Coder’s Corner”, Dr. Lawrence Reed and Dr. Thomas Esposito give their coding recommendations on a complex trauma case with both intra-thoracic and intra-abdominal injuries.

• The “Happenings” section, headed by Dr. Chad Ball, keeps the reader aware of upcoming meetings along with the submission deadlines.

• The “Needle Tip” contains Dr. Errington Thompson’s though provoking piece on injury prevention’s past, present and future.

• Paula Ferrada gives us a brief overview and history of the PanAmerican Trauma Society

• We also provide several links to sites of interest, including reminder that registration for the 77^th AAST Annual Meeting will open in mid-June but that you can reserve a hotel room right now.

I hope you enjoy your issue of the “Cutting Edge.” Please send us any feedback or issues that you will like to see in the coming issues of the newsletter. (aast@aast.org).