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Major Trauma – Injuries by Assault

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In the context of a child with a head injury- what was the best GCS/ GCS on arrival of the crew? E: Exposure and Environmental Control: Fully expose to check for other life-threatening injuries while maintaining normothermia. In addition, consider if there are any signs of injury with ENT, neurological or respiratory symptoms.

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Penetrating chest trauma

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Whilst you were busy managing head injuries and drownings, Ranulf had been out with a group of boys from school this evening. In 2021, Evans and colleagues (1) compared adolescent mortality rates in adult, children’s and mixed major trauma centres across the UK. 2021 Jul;38(7):488-494. 2021 Nov 1;91(5):809-813.

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2086 The value of emergency care data set (ECDS) presentation codes for predicting mortality and inpatient admission

Emergency Medicine Journal

Method and Design We conducted an observational retrospective cohort study on patients who visited ED in 2021. Drowsy (11.97%), Hypothermia (13.04%) and Cyanosis (10%) were also high risk categories. 0.018 , 0.12] INJURY OF HIP/LEG/KNEE/ANKLE/FOOT 7427 15 653 8.8 HEAD INJURY 3493 22 382 10.9 RASH 935 1 109 11.7