As most workers wind down to enjoy the holidays, staff in hospital trauma units are preparing to ramp up. This is because between November and January, there is a 25% increase in trauma presentations.

At least “82 percent of all firearm homicides in the world occur in the United States,” according to The Conversation, which pulled from the Center for Disease Control’s data. What’s more, “The ...

A novel unit created to care for critically ill patients significantly sped access to specialized care. A novel unit created to care for critically ill patients at the University of Maryland School of ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The U.S. surgeon general's declaration of gun violence a public health crisis comes as no surprise to people who work in the emergency room at Stroger Hospital of Cook County. The ...

In Oceanside, Mount Sinai South Nassau has unveiled its new trauma unit along with eight patient treatment rooms in its emergency department. This marks the completion of the second phase of the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Doctors, staff and former patients gathered on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of the Cook County Trauma Unit at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, the first comprehensive trauma unit ...

Cook County Health trauma staff, former trauma patients and Cook County leaders join the health system to recognize the 60th anniversary of the trauma unit. Chicago, IL, April 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE ...

Advocate Christ Medical Center’s busy trauma unit is unlikely to see much of a reduction in its patient load with the opening of University of Chicago Medicine’s Level 1 trauma unit on Chicago’s South ...