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Hospitals plan for mass shootings. We must do the same for heat. | Opinion

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By Joseph V. Sakran
| Miami Herald Verified
I was on call during the Fourth of July holiday in Baltimore when I cared for a patient who died because the air around them was simply too hot. That's an unusual sentence. It shouldn't be. While much of the country watched fireworks, hospitals across the East Coast were caring for victims of the same disaster. They simply didn't arrive all at once, and so we failed to recognize it for what it was. As a trauma surgeon, I know what happens when a hospital activates its mass casualty plan.
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Whole-Blood Transfusion From Empiricism to Evidence : A Narrative Review

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By Crisanto M. Torres, Donald H. Jenkins, Joseph V. Sakran
| JAMA Network Verified
Abstract Importance Hemorrhage remains the leading preventable cause of trauma death, and many fatalities occur before definitive hemorrhage control. Whole blood has reemerged as a promising strategy for early hemostatic resuscitation. However, its modern role remains incompletely defined because the available evidence is heterogeneous and the adoption of whole blood is shaped by safety considerations, implementation challenges, and inequities in access.
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America is in distress. I have an unlikely blueprint to save US. | Opinion

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By Joseph V. Sakran
| AZCentral | The Arizona Republic Verified
Dr. Joseph Sakran Updated June 16, 2026, 1:28 p.m. MT After years as a trauma surgeon treating the consequences of violence, and now as a public policy advocate working in city halls and state houses on how to prevent it, I’ve come to see a troubling irony. We actually understand a great deal about how to build resilience against democratic collapse. The warning signs are familiar. The interventions are known.
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