“…The present issue of Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open contains a number of papers submitted from the meeting, representative of the diversity of topics ranging from non-human primate trauma resuscitation 2 to plasma exchange as a rescue therapy for TIC 3 to safety of whole blood resuscitation in multiple patient groups. 3–6 Additional talks focused on best practices for disaster and emergency preparation, including scale for whole blood resuscitation in trauma as well as for potential combined radiation/nuclear threats. 7 8 A synopsis of HERETIC as well as a link to presentations from the meeting is available online (HERETIC | Trauma & Transfusion Medicine Research Center | University of Pittsburgh).…”