The day she wondered if she could take off her seat belt, open the door and jump from a moving car was the day Jean D. Stouffer knew she needed to make a change in her life.

On May 24th, 2022, 19 children and 2 teachers lost their lives in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Parents waited in anguish at a local civic center to learn if their child had survived. The agonizing screams of family members could be heard from the parking lot outside. This marks the 27th school shooting so far this year in the United States. Just 10 days before the Texas shooting, 10 Black people has been killed in a racist rampage in a Buffalo, New York supermarket.

For those suffering the trauma of intensive care, the soothing swoosh of otherworldly ambient music can be a welcome gift. By Charles Fernyhough.

Two teenage twin brothers are dead and six of their friends are injured after attempting to use their own toboggan on the bobsled track at Canada Olympic Park, according to CBC sources. The 17-year-olds were pronounced dead at the scene and six others were taken to area hospitals. The families of the victims have been notified, police confirm. "Part way down, the group hit a large gate used to separate the bobsled and luge tracks," according to police.

Complex post-traumatic stress disorder—the result of sustained abuse over time—is difficult to diagnose, making it harder for those who suffer from it to move on. By Elizabeth Nicholas. (Dec. 17)

High up in the harsh, unforgiving environment of the Andes, a group of men – the survivors of a plane crash – contemplate an unimaginable decision. Cold, injured, hungry beyond the point of endurance and with no prospect of rescue, they must make a choice: either starve to death, or get the sustenance that they so desperately need from the only source of food available to them.

He survived 83 days in a medically induced coma. I personally think this is a good example of why we need more research into radiation injuries.

Skin is the body's largest organ. Loss of the skin barrier results in fluid and heat loss and the risk of infection. The traditional treatment for deep burns is to cover them with healthy skin harvested from another part of the body. But in cases of extensive burns, there often isn't enough healthy skin to harvest.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1313857 No Avascular Necrosis, PT eventually made full recovery.