Decompressive craniectomy for high ICP head trauma
Bilateral decompressive craniectomy for severe diffuse traumatic brain injury and intracranial hypertension that was refractory to first line therapies did […]
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Trauma
Care of severely injured patient
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FAST 1 success rates in the field
Three quarters of attempts to place the FAST 1 sternal intraosseous device were successful… Introduction: Access to the vascular system […]
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Intubation checklist
Perhaps you’ve read the blog post and heard the podcast about the excellent NAP4 airway audit…..now you can start putting […]
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Military vascular injury to the torso is deadly
Outcomes are described for military personnel with vascular injury sustained in Afghanistan and Iraq. BACKGROUND: Military injuries to named blood […]
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Salt or sugar on the brain
A meta-analysis suggests hypertonic saline may be more effective at lowering intracranial pressure than mannitol. An accompanying editorial cleverly entitled […]
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Pre-hospital transcranial Doppler
The SAMU (Service d’aide médicale urgente) guys have had a run of interesting pre-hospital publications lately. In this study, one […]
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Fever in head injury might not be bad
Thanks to Michael McGonigal MD for highlighting this in his excellent Trauma Professional’s Blog: Body temperature does not necessarily reflect […]
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Two hands on the jaw for mask ventilation
Elective surgery patients were anaesthetised with propofol with or without fentanyl and had an oropharyngeal airway placed. They were ventilated […]
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London trauma deaths described
Doctors from Britain’s most established major trauma centre – the Royal London Hospital – have produced mortality data over a […]
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Military trauma care meets standards
Recent recommendations were made regarding trauma care in the UK by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death […]