Blog Topic: Trauma

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  A Sexual Abuse Survivor Speaks Out to Help Others Heal

  May 22, 2017

  At the start of his one-man show, Michael Broussard points to a blown-up photo of himself with his grandmother, whom he adored. “That’s me at 6. I was a happy, outgoing child who loved everything, everyone…. My favorite thing was to dance.” A year later, that child didn’t exist. “I have no memory of that kid. I can’t remember ever feeling that free.” Broussard had become a victim of sexual abuse.

  Trauma Family Medicine and Community Health
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  From the Rain, There Comes a Rainbow

  May 10, 2017

  It rained hard on Thursday, March 10, 2011. So hard that track practice at Saucon Valley High School was cancelled, leaving sophomore Amanda Illingworth a bit stranded and looking for a ride home. Little did she know the ride she accepted would change the course of the rest of her life.

  Nursing Trauma Emergency Medicine
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  "13 Reasons Why" and the Difficult Subject of Teen Suicide

  April 28, 2017

  Netflix's "13 Reasons Why" has received significant attention, not all of it positive, for the graphic way it portrays suicide, sexual assault, and bullying. For Steve Berkowitz, MD, director of the Penn Center for Youth and Family Trauma Response and Recovery, the show fails to adequately handle the subject of teenage suicide in a number of ways — some all too common.

  General Interest Public Health Psychology Trauma
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  Mind Your Brain: Closing the Gap for Brain Injury Survivors

  March 20, 2017

  In 1989, Trisha Meili was viciously attacked, leaving her with a severe traumatic brain injury. Doctors didn’t think she’d survive. But Meili did more than survive: She thrived. What kept her going is part of the message she’ll share with attendees at this week’s annual Mind Your Brain @ Penn Medicine conference, all of whom are brain injury survivors, families, and caretakers.

  Brain and Behavior Trauma Neurology
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  Playing an Instrument: Better for Your Brain than Just Listening

  January 30, 2017

  While research has long suggested listening to an orchestra’s performance of such well-known pieces as Beethoven’s 5th Symphony and Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro may boost the audience’s brain power – a hypothesis aptly named The Mozart Effect—Penn Medicine experts suggest those playing in the orchestra may derive the most benefits of all.

  Neurology Trauma Surgery Psychology
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  CSI: Penn Medicine?

  November 14, 2016

  Rhonda Browning doesn’t play a forensics expert on TV, but she is training to be one in real life. With the proliferation of crime dramas like Law & Order SVU, NCIS, and the CSI franchise, forensics has become a big topic – people are interested in it, self-declared Sherlocks around...

  Nursing Patient Care Trauma
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  From Trauma Patient to Volunteer

  September 19, 2016

  If you’ve walked the halls of the Trauma Center at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in the last few months, there’s a chance you’ve come across Alisha Sawant. She’s the positively beaming volunteer with a permanent smile who often greets friends and family of patients, and generally helps out on the...

  Trauma
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  Stop the Bleed

  September 12, 2016

  Penn Medicine's Patrick K. Kim, MD, Trauma Program Director for the Penn Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care & Emergency Surgery, answers questions from a group of Philadelphia nurses on wound care and tourniquet application. While students were picking out their outfits and sharpening pencils, and teachers were preparing their...

  Community Education Nursing Penn CAREs Trauma
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  Advancing Injury Care for all Americans

  August 03, 2016

  John P. Pryor, MD, Penn trauma surgeon and a Major in the United States Army Reserve Medical Corps (left), and C. William Schwab. On Christmas Day 2008, Pryor was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq with a forward surgical team in the Army’s 1st Medical Detachment when he...

  Experts Patient Care Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Public Health Research Trauma
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  Bombs, Bugs, and Bodies: A Curious Interview with Mary Roach

  June 20, 2016

  Mary Roach | maryroach.net | Photo by Jen Siska Perhaps it’s because I don’t have any specific beat to cover, or perhaps it’s because I just get bored writing about one thing over and over, but going through my post history on this blog reveals a bit of a wandering...

  Emergency Medicine General Interest Human Interest Orthopaedics Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Psychology Surgery Trauma