Emergency/Trauma Care and Stroke
There are significant gaps in our trauma and emergency health care delivery systems, and trauma is the leading killer of Americans under the age of 44. The AANS and CNS have worked tirelessly to urge Congress to provide the full funding for trauma and emergency care regionalization programs, which will support grants to states to improve critically needed state‐wide trauma care systems and pilot projects to develop models for regionalizing emergency care. As recommended by the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine) in its groundbreaking 2006 report, "the objective of regionalization is to improve patient outcomes by directing patients to facilities with optimal capabilities of any given type of illness or injury."
Key Resources
Comment Letter
Last updated: June 19, 2024
Dear Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, Chair Granger, and Ranking Member DeLauro: As you consider appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, the undesigned 434 national, state, and local medical, public health, and research organizations write to ask you to provide $35 million for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), $25 million for […]
Letter of Support
Last updated: June 10, 2024
Dear Leaders Schumer and McConnell, Speaker Johnson, and Leader Jeffries: The undersigned organizations write to encourage swift passage of the Pandemic All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), legislation that is vital to improving the nations response to public health and medical emergencies, ensuring readiness against emerging threats. Our organizations know firsthand that trauma systems serve as critical […]
Letter of Support
Last updated: June 10, 2024
Subject: S. 1653, the Prevent Blood Loss with Emergency Equipment Devices (BLEEDing) Act Dear Senators Menendez and Boozman: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), representing more than 4,000 practicing neurosurgeons in the United States, we write to support your legislation, S. 1653, the Prevent […]
Press Release (AANS)
Last updated: June 10, 2024
STATEMENT of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons to the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies RE: FY 2024 Funding for Military and Civilian Partnership for the Trauma Readiness Grant Program The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) […]
Letter of Support
Last updated: June 10, 2024
Dear Chair Murray, Vice Chair Collins, Chair Granger, and Ranking Member DeLauro: As you consider appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, the undersigned 408 national, state, and local medical, public health, and research organizations write to ask you to provide $35 million for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), $25 million for […]
Press Release (AANS)
Last updated: June 10, 2024
STATEMENT of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies RE: FY 2024 Funding for Military and Civilian Partnership for the Trauma Readiness Grant Program The American Association of Neurological Surgeons […]
Letter of Support
Last updated: June 10, 2024
Dear Chairwoman Granger, Ranking Member DeLauro, and Chairman Aderholt: The undersigned organizations respectfully request that the Subcommittee include $11.5 million in funding for the Military and Civilian Partnership for the Trauma Readiness Grant program in the FY24 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations bill. As you know, this program was established by the Military Injury Surgical Systems […]
Comment Letter
Last updated: June 10, 2024
Subject: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization Dear Representatives Hudson and Eshoo: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), we would like to thank you for the opportunity to provide comments and suggestions as you prepare to develop legislation to reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards […]
Comment Letter
Last updated: June 10, 2024
Subject: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) Reauthorization Dear Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy and Sens. Casey and Romney: On behalf of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), we would like to thank you for the opportunity to provide comments and suggestions as you prepare to develop […]
Letter of Support
Last updated: June 10, 2024
Dear Chairwoman DeLauro and Ranking Members Granger and Cole: As you prepare to conference the final Fiscal Year 2023 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill with the Senate, we respectfully urge you to retain the funding level of $10 million for the Military and Civilian Partnership for the TraumaReadiness Grant […]
Letter of Support
Last updated: June 10, 2024
Dear Chairmen Lahey and Murray and Ranking Members Shelby and Blunt: As you prepare to conference the final Fiscal Year 2023 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill with the House of Representatives, we respectfully urge you to retain the funding level of $10 million for the Military and Civilian Partnership […]
Letter of Support
Last updated: June 26, 2024
Dear Chairs Leahy and Murray and Ranking Members Shelby and Blunt: We are contacting you today to respectfully request that the Subcommittee include $11.5 million in funding for the Military and Civilian Partnership for the Trauma Readiness Grant program in the FY22 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations bill. As you know, this program was established by […]
Letter of Support
Last updated: June 26, 2024
Dear Chairman Leahy, Vice Chairman Shelby, Chair DeLauro, and Ranking Member Granger: As you consider appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, the undersigned 288 national, state, and local medical, public health, and research organizations write to ask you to provide $35 million for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and $25 million […]
Policy Brief
Last updated: June 26, 2024
Background and History The threat of Mass Casualty Incidents (MCIs) or Medical Surges to the Nation’s hospital and healthcare system has always been present. For many trauma systems and emergency departments, it is simply part of normal day-to-day operations. Preparing hospitals, healthcare systems and their ESF #8 partners to prevent, respond to, and rapidly recover […]
