Blunt cerebrovascular injury
Blunt cerebrovascular injury: Expanded Denver screening, CTA diagnosis, Biffl grading, antithrombotic treatment and follow-up.
Category Trauma
Procedure: Nail bed repair
Emergency Procedure, instruction and discussion: nail bed repair - a deceptively simple injury that can lead to permanent nail deformity if managed incorrectly
Battle Sign
Battle sign: mastoid ecchymosis indicating basilar skull fracture, described by W.H. Battle in 1890; it holds >75% PPV for posterior fossa injury.
William Henry Battle
William Henry Battle (1855–1936) English surgeon. Battle incision, Battle operation and Battle sign postauricular (mastoid) ecchymosis
Procedure: Thoracotomy
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Thoracotomy. Possibly the most terrifying emergency procedure, but also one which carries a high chance of saving a life.
Procedure: Thoracotomy
Emergency Procedure: Thoracotomy. Possibly the most terrifying emergency procedure, but also one which carries a high chance of saving a life.
Pelvic Binders
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Pelvic binders can be applied to patients following blunt trauma if there is any suspicion of pelvic fracture.
Pelvic Binders
Emergency Procedure: Pelvic Binders. Pelvic binders can be applied to patients following blunt trauma if there is any suspicion of pelvic fracture.
Network Five: Orthopaedics
Network Five Emergency Medicine Journal Club Episode 22 - Orthopaedics reviewing papers on vascular injuries from knee dislocations, distal radius fractures and all things pelvic binders!
Nail Gun Injuries
Nail gun-related injuries are a serious occupational risk with potentially lethal outcomes. Nail guns were introduced in both industry and the general public back in 1959.
Posterior Shoulder Dislocation
Posterior shoulder dislocations make up a small minority of total shoulder dislocation cases, accounting for 2-4% of presentations.
Civilian First Aid
Videos to demonstrate simple lifesaving first aid skills to allow civilians in areas of conflict to potentially save the life of their fellow citizens