Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open

Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open is the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma’s open access journal dedicated to the rapid publication of peer-reviewed, high-quality trauma and acute care research. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open provides an interdisciplinary forum for global issues in trauma and acute care surgery and is dedicated to covering epidemiological, educational, and socioeconomic facets of trauma management and injury prevention.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Elliott R. Haut, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Editorial Board

A New Patient Resource from Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and the American Trauma Society are pleased to introduce a new series: Patient Education Series: Understanding Trauma and Emergency General Surgery Conditions, a patient-centered resource that provides general information, typical treatment strategies, courses of action, and frequently asked questions about commonly encountered acute care surgical issues. You can access the first articles in the series via the links below.

Rib fractures – Patient education series: understanding trauma and emergency surgery conditions by Drs. Joshua Dilday and Elliott R Haut

Appendicitis – Patient education series: understanding trauma and emergency surgery conditions by Drs. Raafat John Kuk and Kimberly Hendershot