TTL Tip 15: Alternative vascular access
Struggling with vascular access in trauma? Practical tips on IO access, central lines, external jugular access and rapid alternatives for trauma resuscitation.
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TTL tips 14: Should I CTA this limb injury?
Arterial injuries can be easy to miss. Learn how trauma team leaders recognise hard and soft signs of vascular injury, identify high-risk injury patterns and expedite limb-saving care.
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TTL Tips 13: Set your team specific time goals
TTL Tips 13 Managing time. Effective trauma team leaders don’t just manage tasks, they manage time. Learn how clear time targets improve teamwork, tempo and patient flow during trauma resuscitation.
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TTL tips 12: Thinking ahead
Situational awareness is a core trauma team leadership skill. Learn how high-performing TTLs use perception, comprehension, and projection to stay proactive in trauma resuscitation.
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TTL Tip 11: Be the TTL your prehospital teams want to hand over to
Practical trauma handover advice for trauma team leaders in emergency medicine. Learn how to structure ATMIST handovers, prepare resus before arrival, improve teamwork with HEMS crews, and optimise patient safety in major trauma.
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TTL tip 10: Put the trauma patient straight onto the PORTABLE monitor.
Delays in trauma transfer often come from switching monitors. Learn how early use of portable monitoring speeds transfer to CT and improves efficiency in emergency care. #TTL tips #trauma @stemlyns
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TTL Tip 9: Chest Drain Before CT? Think, Decide, Communicate
Should you insert a chest drain before CT in trauma? A practical guide to managing pneumothorax, balancing risk, delay, and decision-making in the resus room. @stemlyns #FOAMed
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TTL tips 8: External Haemorrhage control
Keep blood in the patient. Control haemorrhage early. Most external bleeding will have been addressed prehospital, but not all. Patients may self-present, deteriorate, or require reassessment as resuscitation progresses. Effective
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