When you think of the word “trauma,” what comes to mind? Perhaps you visualize war veterans plagued by Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Or families living in countries where suicide-bombers, threats ...

with on-the-job physical violence, injury and emotional distress – incidents most likely to occur in high-risk professions including firefighters, law enforcement officers and health professionals.

Forensic anthropologists face mental health risks due to chronic exposure to violent death. Vicarious trauma and burnout can ...

Trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event that can manifest in a range of emotional and physical symptoms, with the potential to develop into a mental health condition like PTSD if symptoms ...

Betrayal trauma occurs when an individual’s well-being is threatened by an important person or institution in their life. They will have had a close relationship, dependence, or trust with the person ...

An important patient care skill is the ability to rapidly immobilize a suspected lower extremity fracture. Many lower extremity fractures are particularly emergent, both due to the forces involved in ...

October 19, 2017 - Wolters Kluwer, in partnership with the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) and its International Section, announce OTA International, a new open access journal published alongside ...