In July 2025, I came back to Cincinnati. Not for a conference or a short rotation. I came back to stay, and I came back with a purpose that has been forming in the back of my mind throughout 46 years of military service, eight combat deployments, and four decades of practicing trauma and critical [...]
Blunt trauma to the spleen occurs when the spleen is subjected to a significant impact from an external source. These sources vary from knife wounds, gunshots, falls, and automobile accidents. The consequence of this trauma is a ruptured spleen, which has serious implications and can be fatal if left unattended and thus, needs to be [...]
Blunt cardiac injury (BCI) is caused by a direct blow to the heart. Such symptoms vary from clinically quiet transitory arrhythmias to lethal heart wall rupture. The lack of precise criteria and a gold standard for laboratory analysis makes it challenging to diagnose traumatic cardiac damage. Treatment is individualized based on the degree of the [...]
