JC: The PATCH trial. TXA in major trauma
Critical Appraisal of the The PATCH trial of TXA Tranexamic Acid in major trauma patients. TXA saves lives, but functional outcomes vary.
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Can a prediction model improve major trauma triage? St Emlyn’s
Ed – Tom Shanahan (here in Virchester) recently published a paper on whether a Dutch prediction model is better at identifying major trauma patients than existing methods. The publication provoked
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Whole Blood in Major Trauma – Everything old is new again
One thing is clear from the military and civilian literature – hemorrhage kills1,2. Overall, 40-50,000 deaths per year in the US are preventable with appropriate hemorrhage control and resuscitation. The
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JC: The VTE and Major Trauma. St.Emlyn’s
All good EM/CC clinicians know that venous thrombo embolism (VTE) is a potential complication of traumatic injury. The immobilisation and haematological changes associated with signficant injury are reasonably well described.
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Robocop gets the NICE 2016 major trauma treatment. St.Emlyn’s
Today, to much excitement, we saw the release of the NICE major trauma guidance.  Nat did an excellent review of the draft guidance, which you can read here. We now
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Major Trauma – Have your say on the NICE guidance for Major Trauma
A draft of the NICE guidance on assessment and management of major trauma was released this morning for stakeholder consultation. If you work in a major trauma centre, in a trauma
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Guess or Gestalt in Major Trauma at St.Emlyn’s
I was recently fortunate enough to speak at the the Emergency Medicine Educators Conference in Coventry on a subject that continues to interest me, that of gestalt, judgement and clinical
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JC: Paediatric Major Trauma Triage
There aren’t a lot of things in Emergency Medicine that are more important than managing paediatric major trauma. Â St. Emlyn’s in Virchester is a Paediatric Major Trauma Centre, and it’s
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Hypocalcaemia, Trauma and Major Transfusion. St Emlyn’s
I’m writing this blog post after listening to the ever excellent Scott Weingart on the EMCrit podcast in discussion with the authors of this paper, to which I highly recommend
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JC: The 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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