Training in prehospital and retrieval medicine
I’ve been too busy to blog literature updates for a couple of weeks since I and my colleagues have been […]
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Trauma
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FIRST: Fluids in Resuscitation of Severe Trauma
This is the first randomized, controlled, double-blind study comparing crystalloids with isotonic colloids in trauma. 0.9% saline was compared with […]
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Sedation for traumatic brain injury
What are the best sedatives for patients with traumatic brain injury? A systematic review found no evidence that one sedative […]
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Complications after penetrating cardiac injury
Trauma specialists from Arizona and California describe patients with penetrating cardiac wounds, a quarter of whom survive to discharge. Survival […]
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Predicting massive transfusion
Do you have access to thromboelastometry in your Emergency Department? Further research by some of the first discoverers of acute […]
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More on needle thoracostomy for tension pneumothorax
Thanks to Dr. Matthew Oliver for highlighting these articles to me. The standard teaching of placing a handy iv catheter […]
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Tension pneumo treatment and chest wall thickness
An interesting ultrasound-based study challenges the assertion that a significant proportion of adults have a chest wall that is too […]
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Lateral trauma position
Image: Stretcher in back of ambulance, EMS Museum, Heritage Village, Kingsville, Ontario, 2026-10-04 by Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via […]
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Prehospital Spine Immobilisation for Penetrating Trauma
The Executive Committee of Prehospital Trauma Life Support, comprised of surgeons, emergency physicians, and paramedics, has reviewed the literature and […]
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Pre-hospital thoracotomy
Image: London Air Ambulance Helicopter (G-EHMS Rowan) by Celsoazevedo, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The London Helicopter Emergency Medical […]