Massive haemorrhage guideline
The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland has published guidelines on the management of massive haemorrhage. Their summary: […]
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Scene times & penetrating trauma
Image: Queensland Railway Ambulance Corps Interstate competion team, J. Leo Mason (captain) 1920s Melbourne by John Robert McPherson, CC0, via […]
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Evidence refutes ATLS shock classification
I have always had a problem with the ATLS classification of hypovolaemic shock, and omit it from teaching as any […]
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Burr holes by emergency physicians
Emergency physicians at Hennepin County Medical Centre (HCMC) are trained in skull trephination (drilling a burr hole) for patients with […]
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RCT of 7.5% saline in head injury
Image: A bottle of saline solution found after the protests in Hong Kong during the WTO Ministerial Confere by fuzheado, […]
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No benefit from pre-hospital trauma doctor in Holland
Image: Trauma helicopter on the beach (50006612361) by Maurits Verbiest from The Hague, The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia […]
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Increased mortality with non-trauma centre care
A trauma database was analysed to see if patients who were transported from the field to a non-trauma centre (NTC) […]
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rFVIIa did not reduce trauma mortality
An industry sponsored placebo-controlled multicentre randomised controlled trial has shown no mortality reduction from recombinant activated Factor VII (rFVIIa) in […]
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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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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 […]