This week\’s Medical Minute is presented by Dr. Peter Thomas, Director of Trauma at St. Luke’s University Hospital and is on Stopping Bleeding. Being in a situation that involves bleeding can be scary and traumatic. If you find someone or yourself with a bleeding injury, keep calm and just remember the A, B, C’s. For more information…… MORE
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Stop The Bleed Initiative Week 2
This week\’s Medical Minute is presented by Dr. Peter Thomas, Director of Trauma at St. Luke’s University Hospital and is on Stopping Bleeding. St. Luke’s has joined a national initiative called “Stop The Bleed,” this program helps train First Responders and the public on how to control bleeding in the event of an accident or injury. For…… MORE
Stop The Bleed Initiative Week 1
This week\’s Medical Minute is presented by Dr. Peter Thomas, Director of Trauma at St. Luke’s University Hospital and is on Stopping Bleeding. Did you know that uncontrolled bleeding is the number one cause of preventable death from trauma? Injuries result from a wide variety of causes including accidents or intentional harm. For more information on St.…… MORE
PTSD Screening
This week’s Medical Minute is presented by William Hoff, a trauma surgeon at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem and is on PTSD Screening. At St. Luke’s we’ve devolved a unique program to screen trauma victims for PTSD. This includes a survey which is performed on patients after discharge from the hospital. For more information on St. Luke’s…… MORE
Symptoms of PTSD
This week’s Medical Minute is presented by William Hoff, a trauma surgeon at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem and is on Symptoms of PTSD. Symptoms fall under three major categories flashbacks, avoidance behavior and hyper arousal which is the major symptom that most friends or family would identify. For more information on St. Luke’s Trauma and Emergency…… MORE
PTSD In Trauma Patients
This week’s Medical Minute is presented by William Hoff, a trauma surgeon at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem and is on PTSD in trauma patients. We now know that similar to combat and war Veterans injured patients or those injured in severe automotive accidents or any situation where there is threat to life or limb, are at…… MORE
Trauma Injuries
This week’s Medical Minute is presented by William Hoff, a trauma surgeon at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem and is on Trauma Injuries. Common injuries include motor vehicle crashes, falls from various heights and industrial accidents. In addition, they manage recreational injuries, sports injuries and when necessary, unfortunate injuries secondary to assault. For more information on St.…… MORE
Requesting a Hospital
This week’s Medical Minute is presented by William Hoff, a trauma surgeon at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem and is on Requesting a hospital. Can some one request to be taken to St. Luke’s in the event of an emergency? The answer to this question is yes, the pre-hospital decision about where a patient goes is dependent…… MORE
Trauma Center Expansion
This week’s Medical Minute is presented by William Hoff, a trauma surgeon at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem and is on their recent Trauma Center Expansion. Because St. Luke’s realizes that immediate quality care for injuries is so important to the area, they’ve made the commitment to expand their services to include three total trauma centers. For…… MORE
