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Major Trauma – Injuries by Assault

Don't Forget the Bubbles

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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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

A post-hoc analysis showed a lower 30-day mortality of those receiving TXA within an hour of their injury. When looking at the subgroups with severe shock, there was an 18.5% The primary outcome was head injury-related death in-hospital within 28 days of injury. MI or stroke).

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

Rural Doctors Net

Imagine being able to stream or access a downloaded 60 sec video file on how to perform a critical procedure – not a tool for novices, but a useful aide memoire for rural clinicians who may only do this stuff once in a blue moon. Check his pupils – any signs of head injury or subdural from flying debris?

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