Here is Rosie’s talk on emergency resuscitative thoractomy. Resources: An evidence-based approach to patient selection for emergency department thoracotomy: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Jul;79(1):159-73. EAST updated its ERT recommendations in 2015 as follows: In patients who present pulseless to the Emergency […]
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CME 25/02/16 – REBOA: Who, What, Why? by Deborah Stein
Resources: REBOA: Who, What, Why? by Deborah Stein – summary and slides at SMACC.net.au Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) from LITFL
CME 05/11/15 – Emergency Resuscitative Thoracotomy
Here is Jeremy’s talk on emergency thoracotomy. Resources: An evidence-based approach to patient selection for emergency department thoracotomy: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Jul;79(1):159-73. EAST updated its ERT recommendations in 2015 as follows: In patients who present pulseless to the Emergency Department […]
CME 09/10/14 – Emergency Thoracotomy
Here is John’s talk on emergency thoracotomy. Resources: Mark Corden’s previous CME talk on Emergency Thoracotomy 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 thoracic trauma-a review. Injury. 2006 Jan;37(1):1-19. is a great review article […]
CME 28/8/14 – Traumatic Arrest Management
Here is Amy’s talk on the management of traumatic arrest. Resources: Traumatic arrest from EMCrit Traumatic arrest from ERcast European Resuscitation Council Guidelines – Traumatic cardiorespiratory arrest Algorithm for the resuscitation of traumatic cardiac arrest patients in a physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical service. Crit Care. 2013; 17(2): 308. Here is Mark Corden’s earlier talk and associated resources […]
CME 31/7/14 – When to stop resuscitation?
Here is Dan’s discussion on the factors that may influence when to continue or cease resuscitative efforts. Resources: Video Lectures: Weingart tackles the dogma and evidence around resuscitation algorithms brings us the concept of truely advanced life support. The ABC’s of practicing what we preach. Cliff Reid examines the over-complication of resuscitation and our need […]