Tag trauma

CME 1/5/14 – Maxillofacial Trauma

Resources: Diagnosis and Management of Maxillofacial Injuries  – gives good reminder of management principles of common facial fractures Airway in Facial Trauma – from LITFL Case Report on “Maxillofacial bleeding – Foley catheter control” The Le Fort Fracture Classification:

CME 10/4/14 – Hand Injury Assessment

Here is Richie’s talk on assessment of the injured hand/forearm….(Rich, I still want my chocolate frog!) Here are some other related posts: “Traumatic Hand Injuries” from LITFL by Kane Guthrie “Hand Injuries” given previously at CME at SCGH ED by Nathan Stewart…

CME 6/3/14 – Emergency Thoracotomy

Here is Mark’s talk on emergency department resuscitative thoracotomy. Resources: Here is a good summary from LITFL titled “ED Thoracotomy: Is it Just the First Part of the Autopsy?” by Kane Guthrie Hunt PA, Greaves I, Owens WA. Emergency thoracotomy in…