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The PhD in Translational Health Sciences Program is proud to announce the Dissertation Defense of:
PhD Candidate: Donald Adams MPAS, PA-C
Management of Non-Compressible Torso Hemorrhage of The Abdomen in Austere/Remote Environments by Non-Surgeon Using Truncal Hemorrhage Control
Dissertation Committee Co-Chairs: Philip van der Wees, Ph.D. & Paige McDonald, EdD
June 24, 2022, 11-1 pm ET
The management of non-compressible torso hemorrhage of the abdomen has been an ongoing factor in mortality in austere/remote environments for greater than 20 years. Non-compressible torso hemorrhage is a potentially preventable cause of death due to injury. This dissertation is a multiphase consensus research study to evaluate the development and implementation of an evidence-informed protocol to assess if non-surgeons can perform truncal hemorrhage control on patients with non-compressible torso hemorrhage of the abdomen in austere/remote environments. This study will facilitate the implementation of General Surgery Physician Assistants/Associates to become members of a resuscitative and or operative team to decrease the mortality of patients who sustained non-compressible torso hemorrhage of the abdomen in austere/remote environments.