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    AAST Grand Rounds

    A piloted project for the last year, National Trauma Grand Rounds, has been hosted by the University of Pittsburgh, with participation from eight Universities, hospitals and medical centers.  The concept has been proven and renamed AAST Grand Rounds and the most recent two are linked to the AAST website.  The two are:  Management of Blunt Splenic Injury by Andrew B. Peitzman, MD and Abdominal Wall Defects: Acute and Long-term Management by Martin Croce, MD (to access either you must type in pass code: 33683).  Starting in March these will be webcast for greater participation from a wider audience.  Please watch the AAST website and E-News for more information. 

    Next AAST Grand Round will be March 31 at 5:00 pm Eastern. Dr. David Feliciano will present "Compartmental Syndromes and Fasciotomies." The webcasting information will be available on the AAST website closer to the date.  Please mark your calendar.

    Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Unhealthy Alcohol Use Trauma Guide

    CDC has developed Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) for Unhealthy Alcohol Use: A Step-By-Step Implementation Guide for Trauma Centers to help Level I and II trauma centers plan, implement, and continually improve the new Committee on Trauma (COT) alcohol-screening and brief intervention requirements.  The trauma guide is located on the CDC website in the injury response section. A new SBI billing "how to" manual is available also. 

    Search for New Editor of the Journal of Trauma

    A search is underway for the new Editor of the Journal of Trauma.  The third and final term of the current Editor ends on December 31, 2011.  All nominations must be received by March 15, 2010.  The call for nominations is available.  A job description will be available shortly.  Questions on the nomination process should be directed to Sharon Gautschy. 

    AAST on Facebook and Twitter!

    AAST is now on Facebook.  If you are on facebook, to find AAST's page, got to Facebook, www.facebook.com, and type in "American Association for the Surgery of Trauma" and click on  the "pages" tab on the left.  Become a fan and get updates directly on your Facebook page.  AAST is now on Twitter! If you have a twitter account, search for us by typing in "traumadoctors."

    CDC Trauma Center Interactive Mapping Tool and Fact Sheet

    The CDC released a new interactive mapping tool to find a trauma center in the United States.  In partnership with the American Trauma Society and the University of Pennsylvania, the new mapping tool shows the location of all hospitals and trauma centers (Levels I-IV) across the country. Individuals can click on the map and find the distance to and locations of trauma centers and hospitals closest to them. The mapping tool can also be saved and placed on any webpage.  There is also a trauma fact sheet available too. 

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