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Blunt Cardiac Injury

BLUNT CARDIAC INJURY When should we investigate the patient with suspected blunt cardiac injury (BCI)…
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The HALT-IT Trial

The HALT-IT Trial(1) is an important trial and one we should know well. It looks…
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The New PECARN C-Spine Rule

The New PECARN C-Spine Rule: Interview with a PEM Physician Discussion with Dr Wilkin-Marshall Cervical…
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Traumatic Cardiac Arrest

Can you answer these 2 questions? Q 1. Which of these interventions do you think…
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Orbital blowout fracture causing syncope

When you're suspicious of entrapment in an orbital floor blowout fracture following trauma, you ask…
Hip Dislocation
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Hip Dislocation

Introduction This review is based on a great journal article just published (1) The most…
Tranexamic Acid
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Tranexamic Acid: Did We Find Another Use?

Tranexamic Acid: Did we find another Use? So, picture a case. A 45 year old…
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CRASH-3 Trial

The CRASH-3 Trial has been published. CRASH-2 demonstrated that early administration of tranexamic acid(within 3…
Honey - Button Battery Ingestion
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Honey for Button Battery Ingestion?

A 25-year-old patient presents with recurrent lithium button battery ingestion. She had been admitted with…
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Why are we still doing log roll, FAST and rectal exams?BlogTrauma

Why are we still doing log roll, FAST and rectal exams?

In the blunt trauma patient, where we are considering a pan-scan, is there a role for…
Pregnancy and Trauma
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Pregnancy and Trauma

Trauma in pregnancy is a much more complex topic than simply, ’tilt them on their…
Doll's Eye Reflex
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Fixed Dilated Pupils

Head injury with fixed dilated pupils: Are we done? We have looked at the pupillary…
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The Cervical Spine: The Iconoclasm Continues

In recent blogs I suggested that clinically significant C spine injuries can be excluded by…
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How Important is a C-Spine Collar….really?BlogTrauma

How Important is a C-Spine Collar….really?

In preparation for EMCORE Hong Kong 2018, I took some time to sit down and…
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Cervical spine clearance in the intoxicated patientBlogTrauma

Cervical spine clearance in the intoxicated patient

The most commonly used c spine clearance rules exclude or mandate imaging in the case…
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Maisonneuve Fracture

A Maisonneuve fracture is caused by pronation and external rotation. It can be difficult to…
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Traumatic Head Injury: Mannitol Anyone?

A/Prof Peter Kas takes us into the head injury scenario where there is suspected raised…
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Trauma Resuscitation

A/Prof Peter Kas looks at some of the important evidence based trauma resuscitation measures we…

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