JC: Prehospital Whole Blood in Traumatic Haemorrhage – The SWiFT Randomised Controlled Trial
A critical appraisal of a RCT comparing whole blood vs blood component transfusions for bleeding trauma patients
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Trauma – getting the TU trauma team right
Advice on planning for trauma in Trauma Units. How does it differ to MTCs? James, Rory and John take us through some tips and ideas.
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Is post-induction hypotension harmful in traumatic brain injury?
How bad is hypotension in TBI? What’s the real world impact in a high quality PHEM service.
Rich Carden reviews a recent paper that helps us understand the impact. #FOAMed @stemlyns
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Factors in the Initial Resuscitation of Patients With Severe Trauma – The FiiRST-2 Trial
The FiiRST-2 randomised trial compared fibrinogen and prothrombin complex concentrate with plasma in trauma patients needing massive transfusion. No significant benefit was found.
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Evaluating the PECARN Abdominal Trauma Rule in the grey zone….
Can children with abdominal pain, vomiting, or tenderness avoid CT? We review PECARN’s latest insights into low-risk paediatric trauma.
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Top 10 trauma/resus papers for IFEM 2025
Review the top 11 trauma and resuscitation trials discussed at ICEM 2025. Expert summaries and critical appraisals from St Emlyn’s cover transfusion strategies, airway management, oxygenation, fibrinogen, and more.
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Derivation and Validation of the Simplified Bleeding Audit Triage Trauma (sBATT) Score
The simplified BATT (sBATT) score offers a practical trauma triage tool for use in motor vehicle collisions where monitoring equipment may be unavailable. Derived from the original BATT score and validated on over 70,000 UK patients, the sBATT shows excellent performance in predicting early death using only observable signs. Ideal for lay responders, trapped patients, and low-resource settings, this novel tool could help guide early trauma care and emergency dispatch.
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Podcast – High Performing Teams with Dan Dworkis at Tactical Trauma 24
This epiode of the St Emlyn’s Podcast features Dr. Dan Dworkis discussing high-performance teams, excellence in crisis, and how emergency clinicians can continuously improve under pressure.
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JC: Pre Hospital Resuscitative Thoracotomy for Traumatic Cardiac Arrest – data from 21 years at London’s Air Ambulance
Review the publication from London’s Air Ambulance of their fascinating data on the survivability from resuscitative thoracotomy. @stemlyns #FOAMed
Podcast – Moral Injury with Caroline Leech at Tactical Trauma 24
The St Emlyn’s podcast delves into moral injury in healthcare with Dr. Caroline Leech. Learn how repeated exposure to ethical dilemmas leads to distress and explore strategies to mitigate its impact on clinicians.
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