This session covers the assessment and management of patients presenting to an emergency department with electrical injuries…
Trauma ibook – an introduction
This iBook is structured according to the ATLS 10th edition chapters. Why have we done this when ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) is often considered “archaic” and not to be recommended…
Playing with fire
Before bedtime, 3 children were playing with matchsticks in their upstairs bedroom. They had made a tent earlier that evening using their bed linen and were inside, surrounded by their cuddly toys…
Housewarming Flames
This SAQ explores major burns in a paediatric patient, recognising the signs of inhalation injury and interventions instigated during the primary survey…
December 2018
December 2018 Podcast…
September 2018
The podcast for September 2018…
Major trauma – Burns
E-learning module in burns assessment and management in the Emergency Department…
Major trauma – Burns
Burns are a major public health problem globally. In addition to physical damage, they can leave a long lasting psychological and social impact.…
Electrical Injuries
Electric shocks can cause death by inducing ventricular arrhythmia or asystole…
Electrical Injuries – Lightning
Approximately five fatalities from lightning strike are recorded in Britain each year.…