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Maryland EMS News
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Scalea Briefs Senate Committee on Community Impact of Gun Violence As the 2024 Maryland Legislative Session gets underway, the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center (RACSTC) is preparing for an important year of advocating for Maryland’s world-class EMS system, trauma care, and many efforts to prevent gun violence. On January 17, RACSTC Physician-in-Chief Dr. Thomas Scalea joined fellow experts from Johns Hopkins and the LifeBridge Health Center for Hope in briefing the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on the impact of gun violence in our community as well as the financial, psychological, and emotional costs for all victims of violence and those who care for them. n
Upcoming STOP THE BLEED Classes Please consider partnering with the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center (RACSTC) in its mission to teach every person in Maryland the potentially lifesaving skills required to stop bleeding. RACSTC provides free Stop the Bleed classes to the public and values your assistance in teaching these skills. For further information, please contact: Katie Meyers, EMT-B Stop the Bleed Project Coordinator Center for Injury Prevention & Policy R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center (410) 328-4042(O) | (410) 9359221(c) | kmeyers@umm.edu
February 2024 n 2/5/24 (1000-1100) | Public Class | Shock Trauma T1S11 n 2/8/24 (1200-1330) | Public Class | Annapolis, MD n 2/8/24 (1400-1530) | Public Class | Annapolis, MD n 2/14/24 (1300-1500) | Public Class | Shock Trauma T1S11
March 2024 n 3/5/24 (1700-1800) | Public Class | Annapolis, MD
April 2024 n 4/15/24 (1000-1100) | Public Class | Shock Trauma T1S11 For further information, please visit www.umm.edu/stopthebleed.
