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Trauma Care Day 3

PHEM Cast

Remember this, especially when managing adolescents; children may not be as interactive or as co-operative as you would expect for their age. Significant cervical spine injury in children is exceptionally rare. Patients had high cord injuries. Three cases described: high speed RTC, traumatic cardiac arrest.

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CASE #6 UPDATE – FIND THE BLEEDING, STOP THE BLEEDING

Rural Doctors Net

Importantly the ambulance service in many rural areas will be staffed by volunteers – trained to Cert IV level but unable to cannulate, give drugs (other than penthrox/GTN) or intubate. Allocate someone to activate ambulance, other clinical personnel, notify local hospital and give retrieval services a head’s up.

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