About the SuspensionTrauma.info Website

SuspensionTrauma.info is a non-profit organisation based in the USA and operated by a group of medical and rescue professionals from the USA, UK and elsewhere. Its aim is to provide the best advice and education about suspension trauma and associated conditions, without bias towards particular devices, training providers, protocols or national boundaries. Donations or sponsorship are not permitted to affect the content of this website in any way, and we will never display adverts. Links from our website are only granted to organisations who have no commercial bias.

The information on this website is based on agreed medical protocols and established research, by our staff and others. There has been relatively little recent research into 'suspension trauma' as a condition in itself, with the majority of work being conducted for aerospace medicine where the effects of posture and vertical G forces can cause similar effects. There have also been a number of studies into human suspension in harnesses as part of parachute system design, however the most relevent research is based on suspension in sports climbing harnesses conducted by various university groups and climbing societies - while a lot of this is unpublished in the refereed literature it remains valuable as many of the earlier studies now cannot be repeated with human volunteers for ethical and insurance reasons. Finally there are several published reviews of historical climbing and caving accidents that have shown the condition in action, with the most notable being the series of papers presented in the mid-1970s at the International Conference of Mountain Rescue Doctors.

Everything on the site is reviewed before release and is guaranteed to be an accurate reflection of the current consensus of opinion on suspension trauma and it's management. We take our work extremely seriously and try to provide the very best information for our visitors. If you have any queries or comments on our site, please let us know using the contact link above.

The SuspensionTrauma.info staff have varied backgrounds, but all are involved in either trauma medicine, anaesthesiology, military medicine, technical rescue or confined space rescue. They give their time freely to assist with this website and the enquiries we receive, and we are always interested to hear from medical staff who may wish to contribute to the group or comment on our published material.

We are not currently intending to provide on-site services such as lectures or training. All of our material may be used freely for education of medical students, ATLS/PHTLS/TacMed staff or those at risk of the condition, and many training providers are starting to offer courses based on our protocols. Current advice issued by the statutory workplace safety agencies for Europe and the USA is compatible with our guidance. We cannot guarantee immediate response to enquiries and so are not able to offer patient-level diagnostic facilities.

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