Trauma Team Leader TipsResuscitation
Effective trauma team leaders don't just manage tasks, they manage time. This tip explains how to give the team clear, realistic milestones and shared priorities without creating pressure to rush or take shortcuts.
What makes an excellent emergency physician? Is it knowledge, technical skill or diagnostic brilliance? Drawing on research, personal experience and lessons from a career in emergency medicine, we explore the qualities that truly define clinical excellence.
Jack Lyon examines the evidence for sedation in prehospital acute behavioural disturbance, including ketamine, midazolam and droperidol. The review considers effectiveness, adverse events and the limitations of the studies, alongside the skills and resources needed to manage complications.
Does adding REBOA to advanced life support improve outcomes in non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? This appraisal of REBOARREST examines the neutral trial results, delays to aortic occlusion and incomplete delivery of the intervention, and asks what remains uncertain.
Can ambient AI scribes ease documentation in the emergency department? This appraisal examines who used the tools, the reported time savings and gaps in evidence about note quality, then considers how the clinical environment should shape any local pilot.
Trauma Team Leader TipsResuscitation
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.
Practical perspectives on trauma care and team leadership.
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