Trauma! Traumatic Brain Injury
A Q&A approach to the key concepts and considerations in the initial assessment and management of traumatic brain injury.
Category Medical Specialty
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!
Mastering Intensive Care 034 with Marianne Chapman
Andrew Davies and Mastering Intensive Care Episode 34 with Marianne Chapman - Keeping your focus of expertise purposefully narrow
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'…
Leave the Sim Lab Behind
Jesse Spurr recaps the SMACC Chicago in situ simulation workshop, "Leaving the Sim Lab Behind" (includes recommended resources)
Lightning Injuries
An expert panel from last year's Wilderness Medical Society Annual Meeting have produced Guidelines for the Treatment and Prevention of Lightning Injuries
Jellybean 098 with Dr Susanna Price
Dr Susanna Price. The GUCH Jellybean. CICMxJellybean 2018 recorded at the College of Intensive Care Medicine’s ASM Hobart, Tasmania.
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.