TTL tips 2: Get the best from your pelvic binders!
Top tips on using pelvic binders in major trauma . Trauma Team Leader tips from @stemlyns #FOAMed #TTLtips
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Major Trauma
All of the St Emlyn’s Blog and Podcast content that relates to major trauma.
TTL tips 1: Check these FIVE areas (and more) in Penetrating Trauma.
Check these five areas in penetrating trauma. Trauma Team Leader tips from @stemlyns #FOAMed
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Factors in the Initial Resuscitation of Patients With Severe Trauma – The FiiRST-2 Trial
The FiiRST-2 randomised trial compared fibrinogen and prothrombin complex concentrate with plasma in trauma patients needing massive transfusion. No significant benefit was found. Read our St Emlyn’s critical appraisal.
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Top 10 trauma/resus papers for IFEM 2025
Review the top 11 trauma and resuscitation trials discussed at ICEM 2025. Expert summaries and critical appraisals from St Emlyn’s cover transfusion strategies, airway management, oxygenation, fibrinogen, and more.
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Emergency Centre Thoracotomy in South Africa.
Can you perform a life-saving thoracotomy without ICU, theatre, or specialist staff?
A new study from Cape Town shows it’s possible — and often successful — even in district hospitals facing high trauma burdens.
Read our latest St Emlyn’s review 👇
#EmergencyMedicine #TraumaSurgery #FOAMed #GlobalHealth
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Derivation and Validation of the Simplified Bleeding Audit Triage Trauma (sBATT) Score
The simplified BATT (sBATT) score offers a practical trauma triage tool for use in motor vehicle collisions where monitoring equipment may be unavailable. Derived from the original BATT score and validated on over 70,000 UK patients, the sBATT shows excellent performance in predicting early death using only observable signs. Ideal for lay responders, trapped patients, and low-resource settings, this novel tool could help guide early trauma care and emergency dispatch.
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Podcast – Monthly Round Up February 2025 – Skills Fade, Resuscitation Targets and more
In this episode of the St Emlyn’s Podcast, Iain and Simon reflect on IncrEMentuM 2025, skills fade in rare procedures, arterial line placement, and emerging evidence in cardiac arrest and resuscitative hysterotomy. Essential listening for emergency clinicians.
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Is Diastolic Blood Pressure the New Resuscitation Target
This week, I read a great article in the EMJ by Dan Horner and Rich Carden on new resuscitation targets. notably the use of diastolic blood pressure. DBP is the
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