A fictional Robocop trauma case provides the framework for this tour of NICE’s 2016 major-trauma guidance. The post follows care from scene to hospital, discusses areas of controversy and highlights unanswered research questions, with links to the full guidance and an accompanying infographic.
Robocop gets the NICE 2016 major trauma treatment. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Chris Gray’s report from the prehospital day of the 2015 London Trauma Conference brings together air ambulance practice, transport safety and emerging resuscitation techniques. Topics include prehospital ECMO, sepsis, REBOA and the challenge of translating specialist expertise into reliable systems of care.
London Trauma Conference #LTC2015 – Day Three Read More
Day two of the 2015 London Trauma Conference explored trauma team performance, clinical judgement, paediatric trauma and major incident preparation. Natalie May, Iain Beardsell and Simon Carley share highlights, including reflections on the Paris attacks and the challenges of supporting families in the resuscitation room.
London Trauma Conference #LTC2015 – Day Two Read More
Natalie May and Iain Beardsell review the opening day of the 2015 London Trauma Conference in this report and podcast. Highlights include older trauma patients, human factors, brain and spinal injury, mass-casualty care and why effective systems matter more than any single intervention.
London Trauma Conference #LTC2015 – Day One Read More
An August 2015 overview of NICE’s draft major trauma guidance during its stakeholder consultation. The post summarises the proposed approach to airway care, bleeding, imaging, analgesia and communication, and explains how clinicians could comment; it records the consultation rather than the final or current guidance.
Major Trauma – Have your say on the NICE guidance for Major Trauma Read More
Simon Carley selects ten trauma papers from 2014–2015, with an accompanying discussion with Simon Laing. The review spans transfusion, brain injury, prehospital care, airway management, haemorrhage prediction and thoracotomy, linking to the original studies and highlighting questions raised by this period’s trauma research.
Top 10 Trauma papers 2014-2015. St.Emlyn’s Read More
Karim Brohi discusses vascular injury in a short podcast recorded at the 2014 London Trauma Conference. The accompanying introduction highlights recognising the ischaemic injured limb, questioning assumptions about hard and soft signs, and the role of interventional radiology in major trauma care.
Karim Brohi on Vascular Injury at the London Trauma Conference Read More
The final day of the London Trauma Conference 2014 turns to prehospital care and air ambulance operations. This report covers training and performance, introducing new procedures, difficult transfers and the human impact of fatal helicopter crashes, alongside brief discussions of emerging trauma therapies and responder technology.
St Emlyn’s at the London Trauma Conference – Day 3 Read More
