Yesterday was a big day on Capitol Hill, and for the emergency medicine community. Craig Manifold, DO testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee in the hearing “Strengthening our National Trauma System.”

Click here for a video recording of the session, Dr.Manifold’s testimony begins around 1:09.

Other members of the committee Jorie Klein, RN, BSN, Director of Trauma Program, Parkland Health & Hospital System; Brent Myers, MD, President-Elect, National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP); C. William Schwab, MD, FACS, Founding Chief, Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, Penn Medicine (REVISED TESTIMONY); and David Marcozzi, MD, MHS-CL, FACEP Associate Professor and Director of Population Health, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine.

You can also click here to download his testimony.

Thank you Dr.Manifold, for speaking on behalf of the emergency medicine community and working to make positive change in care.