Day 2 of the London Trauma Conference delivered impactful discussions on trauma care innovations, including advanced resuscitation strategies, rib fracture management, and prehospital interventions.
Talking Trauma – London Trauma Conference 2024 Day 2 Read More
Zaf Qasim reports from day one of the London Trauma Conference 2024. Topics include brain injury, prehospital teams, surgical training and haemorrhage control, alongside reflections on leadership and the challenges of delivering trauma care in conflict settings.
Talking trauma – London Trauma Conference Day 1 Read More
Zaf Qasim examines the UK-REBOA trial results presented at the 2023 Critical Care Reviews meeting. This early commentary considers the signal of harm, differences between patient groups, delays to bleeding control and the role of experience and systems of care.
The UK-REBOA trial – Has the balloon popped? Read More
Zaf Qasim reports from day two of the London Trauma Conference 2022. Highlights include traumatic brain injury, haemorrhagic shock, rehabilitation, ethics, thoracotomy and regional anaesthesia, alongside discussions about trauma systems, training and the evidence for REBOA.
What did we learn at the London Trauma Conference 2022 – Part Two Read More
Zaf Qasim shares highlights from the first day of the London Trauma Conference 2022. Topics include major incidents, responder wellbeing, trauma handover, prehospital blood, decision-making under pressure and the challenges of gunshot and farm-related injuries.
What did we learn at the London Trauma Conference 2022? – Part One Read More
A 2022 review of Essex and Herts Air Ambulance’s six-year experience with resuscitative thoracotomy. It considers outcomes after blunt and penetrating trauma, patient selection, timing and the training, governance and transport arrangements needed to support the procedure.
JC: Pre-hospital thoracotomy – what can we learn? St Emlyn’s Read More
What does STAAMP add to the evidence for prehospital tranexamic acid after trauma? This 2020 appraisal examines the lack of a clear overall mortality benefit, recruitment and power limitations, safety findings and the caution needed when interpreting encouraging timing, shock and dosing subgroups.
JC: Should we rubber STAAMP prehospital TXA? Read More
How can mass-casualty training reflect the resources and challenges of its setting? Dr Rashid Aqeel describes simulation training in Karachi, Pakistan, exploring locally adapted scenarios, multidisciplinary preparation and what emergency teams in different health systems can learn from one another.
