An 18-year-old male is brought into the ED by ambulance. He was performing a BMX stunt off a ramp approximately 6 feet in the air when he lost his balance and fell to the floor landing on his right hand side, and then rolling onto his front.
An 18-year-old male is brought into the ED by ambulance. He was performing a BMX stunt off a ramp approximately 6 feet in the air when he lost his balance and fell to the floor landing on his right hand side, and then rolling onto his front.
FAST involves assessment of the peritoneal cavity, pleural cavity and pericardial space. Learning that free fluid is present facilitates the most appropriate management plan.
A 37-year-old man is brought into the emergency department following a road traffic collision.
A 17-year-old female presents with abdominal pain one day after falling from a bicycle.
A 12-year-old boy presents to your local ED complaining of a 2-day history of chest pain.
30 questions. 30 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
Abdominal wall bruising in a 9-year-old girl following a car vs car road traffic accident.
A 35-year-old woman is brought to the ED after being involved in a road traffic collision.
Understanding mechanism of injury is a crucial aspect of managing patients who have suffered traumatic injuries. This module aims to provide an overview on attaining this information and its translation into patient care.
Understanding mechanism of injury is a crucial aspect of managing patients who have suffered traumatic injuries. This session aims to provide an overview on attaining this information and its translation into patient care.
This session explores how to use point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to assess patients presenting with shock to the ED .
Imaging and management in paediatric trauma
Evaluate various patient entry methods.
When you tell people you work in the ED, they invariably ask you for your great stories but they also ask you for help and advice when needed
The alert phone goes: the ambulance team are bringing in a 2 year old girl who has fallen down a flight of stairs
Trauma is such a sexy topic. Add children and well feelings can change. But why? I hear you ask. What is so different?
A paper about the effect of tranexamic acid for patients who have suffered major trauma