Head Injuries Operations Resuscitation 
Don't Forget the Bubbles
JUNE 30, 2023
Whilst you were busy managing head injuries and drownings, Ranulf had been out with a group of boys from school this evening. In addition, a flimsy cannula is easily dislodged during ongoing resuscitation and easily clots off. Significantly more patients achieved haemostasis in the balanced ratio group ( 86% vs 78% p =.006),
RebelEM
AUGUST 7, 2023
The potential for soiled airways, cervical spine injuries, maxillofacial injuries and head injuries combined with agitation/delirium, altered mental status and hypoxemia can make securing a definitive airway both an anatomic and physiologic challenge. that would not be possible in an agitated/combative patient.
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RebelEM
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Early expeditious definitive hemorrhage control is a major focus in trauma resuscitation. Emergency Department Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in Trauma Patients With Exsanguinating Hemorrhage: The UK-REBOA Randomized Clinical Trial [published online ahead of print, 2023 Oct 12].
Mind The Bleep
MAY 1, 2024
Appropriate first line management will help protect and resuscitate the soft tissues and keep the fracture still either to allow healing or until definitive management (operative fixation) is possible. Principles of Management Remember that a bone doesn’t fracture in isolation. The soft tissues are also damaged.
Rural Doctors Net
AUGUST 30, 2013
Allocate someone to activate ambulance, other clinical personnel, notify local hospital and give retrieval services a head’s up. Whilst we’ve ‘re-discovered’ balanced resuscitation (first described by Cannon back after WWI), there remains some limited controversy – listen to this 2013 take from Simon Carley at St.
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