Trauma! Assessing the Abdomen
A Q&A approach to the assessment of abdominal trauma with a focus on the role the FAST scan, diagnostic peritoneal lavage and the CT abomen.
Category Clinical Cases
LITFL Clinical Case Collection. Over 250 Q&A style clinical cases to assist Just in Time Learning and Life Long Learning. Cases are categorised by specialty and can be searched by keyword from the database table
Trauma! Chest Injuries II
A Q&A approach to the recognition and management of more potentially life-threatening chest injuries in the major trauma patient.
Trauma! Chest Injuries I
A Q&A approach to the recognition and management of life-threatening chest injuries in the major trauma patient.
Trauma! Spinal Injury
A Q&A approach to traumatic spinal injury that provides an overview focusing on the initial assessment and management in the emergency department.
Trauma! Traumatic Brain Injury
A Q&A approach to the key concepts and considerations in the initial assessment and management of traumatic brain injury.
Trauma! Initial Assessment and Management
A Q&A approach to the initial assessment and management of major trauma in the emergency department.
Trauma! Are you prepared?
There's been a nasty car crash with a death at the scene. Are you ready to deal with the survivor? A Q&A approach to trauma teams, preparation and the big picture.
Adding insult to injury?
Make sure you know the role of the digital rectal examination in the assessment of trauma patients... You don't want to add insult to injury!
Lover not a fighter
A distinctly uncommunicative man says he injured his hand in a fall. What is the diagnosis, the mechanism and how will you treat the injury?
Microwave Meltdown
An ambulance crew have radioed through to the emergency department. They are en route with a patient who has sustained a 'microwave injury'…
Hot lips
Your next patient is a 2 year-old girl who has sustained a burn.... to her mouth. See if you know your stuff in this case-based Q&A post.
High Pressure-Injection Injury
A review on the emergency department assessment and management of high-pressure injection injuries.