Trauma care has improved dramatically.  A victim with near-fatal injuries who reaches the hospital alive is likely to survive. However, little progress has been made to treat patients in the critical period before they reach a treatment facility. As a result, most traumatic deaths occur in the pre-hospital setting and before any meningful medical intervention becomes available. Translational research efforts are targeting the early phases of an injury in order to develop novel therapies and interventions for prehospital and early in-hospital trauma care.

CIMIT’s Trauma & Casualty Care Program works to facilitate projects that enable first responders to stabilize patients at the site of the casualty, offering critical care to the patient rapidly and effectively.  Several projects aim to explore solutions to stop internal and external bleeding as well as improve resuscitation and survival.