Trauma on the Internet
1969 First 4 computers linked to the ARPAnet
1972 First email program
1992 World wide web released by CERN
1995 First Internet Trauma Web Site TraumaNET Ernest Block, Louisiana State University Subsequently moved to Orlando Regional Health System
TraumaNET circa October 1996
TraumaNet closed in 2000.
1995 Trauma.Org goes online August 1995 Trauma-List email discussion group starts.
1996 Trauma Moulage First interactive patient simulator on the Internet
1998 American Association for Surgery of Trauma web site goes online Takes over Trauma-L email list from TraumaNET
John A. Morris President of Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Outlines EAST's for Trauma on the Internet in his presidential address J Trauma 1998 August;45(2):205-207
2000 First internet-inspired trauma conference 'Exsanguinating Pelvic Injuries' joint OTA-AAST symposium, San Antonio, Texas Developed out of discussion on the Trauma-List, via impetus from the HWB Foundation.
