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
Major Trauma
Podcast – ECMO in Trauma with Chris Bishop at Tactical Trauma 24
Learn about the potential of ECMO in Trauma in this podcast with Chris Bishop at Tactical Trauma 2024
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Prehospital Partial Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) for Exsanguinating Subdiaphragmatic Hemorrhage
A critical appraisal of a paper about feasibility, safety and impact of pre hospital zone 1 REBOA on exsanguinating peri-arrest trauma patients
JC: Blood Products in Trauma – What’s the Best (I)TACTIC?
Bleeding trauma patients present a couple of challenges to us in the Emergency Department. Increasingly, our aging population continues to engage in energetic daily pursuits while increasing numbers are prescribed
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Tranexamic Acid (TXA) in Head Injury: CRASH-3 results
A review of the CRASH-3 trial and whether tranexamic acid (TXA) is of benefit in traumatic brain injury patients.
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Trauma in the UK, who cares?
We care about trauma. All of us are practising clinicians in healthcare and all of us see trauma in our clinical jobs. Some of my most memorable cases are the
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Torso Trauma tips and the BASICS North West conference 2018. St Emlyn’s
Not every conference has to be huge, multimedia and international, there is a lot to be said for local conferences. This week I attended the BASICS North West regional conference1.
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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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