Helicopters between hospitals
More National Trauma Databank analysis coming out in favour of helicopter transport: this time looking at interhospital transfer: Background: Helicopter […]
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Trauma
Care of severely injured patient
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Neck movement in spite of collar
A cadaveric study using an artificially created unstable cervical spine injury has shown marked displacement of the vertebrae when cervical […]
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GCS in intubated patients
We use the Glasgow Coma Score to describe conscious level, derived from eye opening, verbal response, and motor response. One […]
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Inadequate pre-hospital needle thoracostomy
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency of inadequate needle chest thoracostomy in the prehospital setting in […]
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Cervical spine guideline
The UK College of Emergency Medicine has produced guidelines on the management of cervical spine injury in the ED Since […]
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Helicopters and trauma: systematic review
In the midst of reconfiguring its trauma systems, the United Kingdom’s National Health Service needed to evaluate the cost effectiveness […]
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A French FIRST in pre-hospital medicine
A contribution has been made to the literature supporting physician intervention in some pre-hospital trauma patients, in the form of […]
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Open thoracostomy
Not a new paper to cite here, just a collection of resources that refer to open thoracostomy in trauma. A […]
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Pre-hospital iv and increased mortality
The US media seem to be making a big thing of a recent article published ahead of print which demonstrates […]
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A tracheal tube in the chest
Intercostal catheters can kink, obstruct, or get pulled out. These hazards are greater during transport of the patient. Critical care […]