Trauma is a great challenge for all healthcare systems, as it remains the leading cause of death among children and younger adults worldwide. In the United States, injury was the fifth leading cause of death, the fourth leading cause of hospitalization, and the leading cause of all emergency department visits in 2000. Similar numbers apply for Europe. In developing countries the trauma-death ratio is even higher. The total economic costs, including medical services, absence from work and resulting disabilities, and the socioeconomic burden are therefore enormous.

Apart from a few set algorithms like the ATLS guidelines that are applied throughout the world, a wide variety of different kinds of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are used to face the problems related to trauma care. These approaches often based on local needs and standards are subject to substantial variations, but nevertheless may influence quality of treatment. In this age of immense pressure to deliver better results in trauma care, imaging and resuscitation techniques will play an increasingly important role in decreasing morbidity and mortality.

Therefore, this special issue will become an international forum for researchers to summarize their most recent developments and ideas in the field of trauma imaging and resuscitation. Special emphasis will be given to the technical and observational results obtained within the last five years. We invite authors to submit original research and review articles. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Prehospital imaging and resuscitation
• EMS perspectives
• (Massive) Transfusion Protocols
• Surgical resuscitation (damage control procedures, etc.)
• Interventional radiology
• Noninterventional radiology (CT, MRI, FAST, etc.)
• Critical care perspectives
• Implementation of guidelines
• Critical appraisal of existing guidelines and algorithms
• Case reports of unique resuscitation strategies
• Telemedicine and teleimaging
• Trauma team training and simulation
• Ethics in resuscitation

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/emi/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable: