Unexpected survivors after pre-hospital intubation
Data on patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury from the San Diego Trauma Registry were analysed using modified […]
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Trauma
Care of severely injured patient
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Decompressive craniectomy
Image: Skull illustration by Duncan K Winter, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Neuro-folks at LAC+USC Medical Centre describe outcomes […]
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Stab wounds to the neck
Image: Lateral head anatomy detail by Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons An algorithm for […]
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Ultrasound of intracranial haematoma
Image: Eye orbit anatomy anterior2 by Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons Using a 2Mhz […]
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Tactical Combat Casualty Care
The brave men and women of the military not only risk their lives for us – they also provide a […]
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Pre-hospital chest escharotomy
Two cases are described in Pre-hospital Emergency Care of severely burned patients who were impossible to adequately ventilate after tracheal […]
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Two tier trauma team
Image: Trauma Bay at Kings County Hospital Center by Ppatalano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rather than activating a […]
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Military pre-hospital thoracotomy
Military doctors in Afghanistan reviewed their experience of thoracotomy done within 24 hours of admission to their hospital. The ballistic […]
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Pre-hospital RSI
Physicians from HEMS London document their experience of 400 pre-hospital rapid sequence induction / intubations. Their data are consistent with […]
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Exsanguinating pelvis – occlude the aorta
Some patients with life-threatening arterial haemorrhage from a pelvic fracture may be peri-arrest prior to transfer to the angiography suite. […]