E-scooter injury patterns – are they different and does it matter?
Does the pattern of injury from e-scooters differ to cyclists?
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Trauma & Orthopaedics
Fractures, musculoskeletal presentations and spinal injuries feature in this collection on trauma and orthopaedic care. Explore assessment, management and the research behind decisions in the emergency department.
Prehospital transfusion decision making
How do expert clinicians make decisions about prehospital blood transfusion. This critical appraisal of a paper helps answer this question.
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CRYOSTAT-2 @ St Emlyns
Prof. Dan Horner @ExRCEMProf critically appraises the CRYOSTAT-2 trial. Does early CRYOPRECIPITATE work in major trauma?
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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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TOP-ART study: Artesunate for bleeding trauma patients
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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