MD, MPH, FACS, FAEMS
Dr. Alex Eastman
How I Learned That Trauma Care Must Start at the Scene
I have come to believe something very simple over the years. Trauma care has to start at the scene. That may sound obvious. It is. Still, I think people sometimes talk about trauma as if the real work starts when a patient reaches the hospital. I have never seen it...
Smooth Handoffs That Improve Outcomes
The moments between an ambulance arrival and the start of definitive hospital treatment are some of the most critical. Having spent over twenty years working alongside EMS crews, SWAT medics, and hospital teams in Dallas, I have witnessed firsthand how a smooth...
How I Brought Trauma Surgeons onto Dallas SWAT Missions
In 2004, when I was a surgical resident at Parkland Memorial Hospital, I started asking myself a hard question: what really happens to trauma patients before they reach us? I had watched too many people roll through the doors still alive, but already beyond saving....