Trauma Featured News June 21, 2025 Telemedicine: Helping patients stay local for care Telemedicine offers a hand and an expanded team to treat patients in their local facilities rather than traveling long distances for significant injuries, emergency deliveries or stroke care. June 21, 2025 The making of a trauma activation A trauma activation involves many parts, and each trauma professional may see only one portion. This article offers a look at the entire activation process. June 21, 2025 Ensuring your trauma center is mass casualty ready Even the smallest trauma center must be ready when a natural disaster or multiple vehicle crash affects its local area. Learn about what to prepare for and how to prepare. Feb. 12, 2025 Care options for patients with rib fracture Trauma professionals have encountered increasing numbers of rib fractures in recent years. Review care for rib fractures, current thinking related to pain management and rib stabilization eligibility. Latest Videos See All Simulation of ideal pediatric trauma resuscitation This video simulates a trauma care team preparing and then treating a 5-year-old injured in an ATV crash. Paralyzed by an arrow, boy makes a comeback A boy paralyzed by an arrow learns to walk again. Working together to reduce trauma deaths and injuries Daniel Stephens, M.D., a trauma surgeon at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, describes how the Southern Minnesota Regional Trauma Advisory Council (SMRTAC), trauma care and trauma resources reduce death and injury from trauma. Clinical Trials See All Posterior Fossa Decompression with or without Duraplasty for Chiari Type I Malformation with SyringomyeliaRochester, Minn.A Study to Create a Registry of Non-Fusion Spinal Deformity Correction in Adolescent Idiopathic ScoliosisRochester, Minn., Minneapolis, Minn.A Study to Assess Outcomes Based on Different Surgical Approaches to Minimally-invasive Gallbladder SurgeryRochester, Minn. Publications E-NEWSLETTER EDITION See the latest edition plus past issues Subscribe to updates Quarterly eNewsletter focused on news and information from Mayo Clinic's Level I adult and pediatric trauma centers in Minnesota Subscribe Read Recent Issues More News 1 Screening patients who experience traumatic injury for mental health effects 2 Toward a new way of providing emergency and trauma care for older adults 3 Potential complications of winter falls: injury and hypothermia 4 Hunting-related gunshot injuries: Promoting safety and treating injuries 5 Be smart about tree stand use this fall Medical Professionals Trauma