The biggest cause of spinal injuries in children is road traffic collisions, particularly those with high speed, a rollover or an ejection from the vehicle, with second place going to falls in younger…
The biggest cause of spinal injuries in children is road traffic collisions, particularly those with high speed, a rollover or an ejection from the vehicle, with second place going to falls in younger…
Cervical spine injuries are rare but potentially devastating. Immobilisation of the cervical spine on the slightest suspicion of injury is recommended by most resuscitation courses.…
The aim of TERN Top Papers is to highlight the top emergency care related papers for emergency physicians, keeping them abreast of the latest practice-changing studies. This month’s topic is diagnosti…
A 70-year-old male is brought to the Emergency Department by ambulance complaining of dizziness and generalised weakness following a fall.…
A 40-year-old female is involved in a head on vehicle collision at 50 miles per hour into a tree.…
A 74-year-male presented to the Emergency Department with neck pain. Whilst enjoying a round of golf, slipped backwards down a bank onto some rocks…
A 62-year-old man comes into the Emergency Department in the early hours of the morning following a fall…
An 18-year-old male self-presents to the Emergency Department 36 hours after falling from a rooftop while intoxicated.…
Most patients arrive with c-spine immobilisation, now called “restriction of c-spine movement or ROCSM”, in situ. If they haven’t, and they need it, there’s a few steps to take…
This month we have a discussion on the Manchester Bombing | Scribes in the ED | TERN TIRED | PTX and haemothorax in the CT era | Horse Trauma | Roc Rocks – ED RSI with Rocuronium or Suxamethoniu…
November 2018…
The alert phone goes: the ambulance team are bringing in a 2 year old girl who has fallen down a flight of stairs…
This month we’re really drilling down in to the specifics around suspected spinal injury in major trauma…
The second day of the conference started a new chapter for the college as the new president, Taj Hassan, addressed the audience…
Trauma is such a sexy topic. Add children and well feelings can change. But why? I hear you ask. What is so different?…
Welcome to a podcast recorded at the Tri-Service Emergency Medicine Conference with Dr Richard Wellings who is a Consultant Radiologist at Coventry and Warwick University Hospitals…