London's getting worse
The physician-led pre-hospital service London HEMS examined its penetrating trauma caseload between 1991 and 2006. Overall, stabbings rose annually by […]
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Trauma
Care of severely injured patient
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Ad hoc resus teams less effective
During simulated cardiac arrest resuscitations, a comparision was made between those run by teams that had had time to form […]
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Tibial vs humeral intraosseous approaches
An observational, prospective study comparing tibial and humeral intraosseous access using the EZ-IO Emergency physicians at Singapore General Hospital found […]
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Fluid Flow Through Intravenous Cannulae
Published flow rates for cannulae are derived from a test in which fluid runs through a perfectly straight cannula into […]
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High BMI and frontal crashes
In adult patients injured in front impact motor vehicle collisions, the outcomes of obese patients with a Body Mass Index […]
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ETCO2 all over the place in trauma
In 180 intubated trauma patients in the ED, there was little correlation between arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2) and end-tidal […]
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Blood product ratios and survival bias
Haemostatic resuscitation of trauma patients, using high ratios of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) to packed red cells (PRBC), is growing […]
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Sodium lactate for raised ICP
Lactate may be an important metabolic substrate for injured brain and sodium lactate may have beneficial effects on cerebral oedema […]
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Passenger Compartment Intrusion and Kids
The presence and degree of compartment intrusion (from crash investigation data) was correlated with the likelihood of serious injury in […]
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Whole body CT in trauma
German trauma patients are more likely to survive if they have a whole body CT rather than selective scans. Or […]