A man has been stabbed in the arm and it’s a gusher. This case-based Q&A covers the assessment and management of severe arterial hemorrhage from extremity trauma.
Trauma! Extremity Injuries
May 3, 2012 By 3 Comments
A case-based approach to the assessment and managment of major extremity trauma in the emergency department.
Trauma! Pelvic Fractures II
April 23, 2012 By 1 Comment
A Q&A approach to the management of pelvic trauma including pelvic stabilisation, control of hemorrhage and when to scan, operate or go to the angiography suite.
Trauma! Pelvic Fractures I
April 23, 2012 By 2 Comments
A Q&A approach to the assessment of trauma patients with pelvic injury, including examination, investigations and complications.
Weingart on Pelvic Trauma
April 5, 2012 By 6 Comments
LITFL asks Scott Weingart for his take on the approach to the hemodynamically unstable pelvic fracture. The end result: a high yield mini-podcast. Enjoy!
Trauma! Massive Transfusion
March 28, 2012 By 1 Comment
Recognising haemorrhagic shock and finding the bleeding source is one thing, but how should you resuscitate a bleeding trauma patient? The Q&A post provides an overview of massive transfusion as part of damage control resuscitation of major trauma victims.
Trauma! Major Haemorrhage
March 28, 2012 By 3 Comments
The Trauma! series rocks on… Finally we get to major haemorrhage. This Q&A post tackles the resuscitation of the exanguinating trauma patient.
Trauma! Genitourinary Injuries
March 27, 2012 By 3 Comments
A Q&A overview of the assessment and management of a sometimes neglected area of major trauma: genitourinary injuries.
Trauma! Chest Injuries II
March 21, 2012 By 2 Comments
A Q&A approach to the recognition and management of more potentially life-threatening chest injuries in the major trauma patient.
CICM SAQ 2010.1 Q12
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Renal replacement therapy in a crush injury patient.
