Podcast – Prehospital Neuroprotection
Listen to the podcast recorded live at the Premier Conference 2024 about neuroprotection in the prehospital phase of care.
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Major Trauma
All of the St Emlyn’s Blog and Podcast content that relates to major trauma.
Lidocaine Patches for Elderly Patients with Rib Fractures: A Feasibility Study
Are Lidocaine patches useful in the management of chest injuries in elderly patients?
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Prehospital Partial Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) for Exsanguinating Subdiaphragmatic Hemorrhage
A critical appraisal of a paper about feasibility, safety and impact of pre hospital zone 1 REBOA on exsanguinating peri-arrest trauma patients
Serratus Anterior Plane Blocks for rib fractures in the Emergency Department
Review of an RCT of serratus anterior plane blocks in the emergency department for chest/rib injury. Is this now a standard of care?
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JC: Selective aortic arch perfusion
Selective Aortic Arch Perfusion (SAAP) which has been around for quite a while in animal models. This paper looks at the feasibility for using it in humans.
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JC: Are e-scooter injury patterns different and does it matter?
Does the pattern of injury from e-scooters differ to cyclists?
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Can clinical examination identify life-threatening injuries?
Can clinicians identify life threatening injury in trauma patients? Probably not as reliably as we would wish according to this paper from London. Even in an experienced high performing EHPC team it’s tricky to discern which patients have life threatening, limb threatening or significant bleeding injuries. #FOAMed @stemlyns
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Intensive Care Society #SOA23 – Day 3
Final day here at the Intensive Care Society State of the Art Congress, and although it’s a shorter day there is still a huge amount of variety on the menu,
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