CRYOSTAT-2 @ St Emlyns
Big news for the UK this week, with the release of 2 publications in JAMA reflecting novel approaches to the management of the major trauma patient with active haemorrhage. (1,2) …
Trauma
JC: Can clinical examination identify life threatening injuries? St Emlyn’s
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
JC: The TOP-ART study: Artesunate for bleeding trauma patients. St Emlyn’s
The TOP-ART trial of Artesunate in the treatment of bleeding trauma patients. This RCT shows no benefit and potential harm, but it may be more complex than that. Further work may be needed on immunomodulation in bleeding trauma patients. @stemlyns #FOAMed
The PREMIER Wessex Conference – Day 2
A summary of the talks from Day 2 of the PREMIER conference covering a wide range of topics in paediatric trauma.
A refresher on blood transfusion in trauma
Transfusion in trauma has evolved at a rapid pace over the last decade and it can be hard to keep up with the latest evidence. I also find it useful to think about the story of how the science has developed to lead us to our current practice. The purpose of this post is to provide a narrative of how we have arrived at the contemporary approach to transfusion in trauma.
What did we learn at the London Trauma Conference 2022 – Part Two
Despite the socializing and “Stand-Up Science” events that ran pretty late into the night, there was no holding back the full cohort of attendees for Day 2 of LTC. Let’s …
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What did we learn at the London Trauma Conference 2022? – Part One
Part 1 review of the 2022 London Trauma Conference with Zaf @resusone #FOAMed @stemlyns
Top trauma papers for #EuSEM22
It’s fantastic to be here in Berlin at the 2022 EuSEM conference. All conferences have their own personalities and this is no exception. There is something special about the cosmopolitan …