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Trauma.org is an independent, non-profit organisation providing global education, information and communication resources for professionals in trauma and critical care.

The new Trauma.org site is split into 3 main sections. The Library which holds all clinical and educational materials. Resources contains information on conferences, training and other web links, and the Community section houses the Trauma-list, research and personal blogs.

Featured Article: Standards for the management of open fractures of the lower limb

New comprehensive, evidence based guidelines on the management of open fractures should lead to reorganisation of service delivery and a more comprehensive approach to these potentially catastrophic injuries.

Featured Images

  • Total inflow occlusion manoeuvre of the heart

    Occlusion of the venous return to right cardiac chambers by clamping the superior and inferior vena cava

    Lt Col Luis Manuel Garcia-Nunez MD Military Central Hospital, Mexico City.

  • Postraumatic hepatothorax

    CT scan of a hepatothorax

    Major Olliver Nunez-Cantu MD Central Military Hospital, Mexico City.


  • Pulmonary contusion injury in blunt trauma

    A pulmonary contusion

    Dr. Gabriel Mejia Consuelos, SF, ACS, COT Hospital General Balbuena, Mexico City


  • Grade III Blunt Pancreatic Injury 02

    Intraoperative Findings

    Juan C Duchesne MD, FACS, FCCP Spirit Of Charity Hospital, NOLA


  • Grade III Blunt Pancreatic Injury 01 - CT Scan

    CT abdomen with Grade III Blunt Pancreatic Injury

    Juan C Duchesne MD, FACS, FCCP Spirit Of Charity Hospital, NOLA

  • Right Atrial Injury

    Injury to the right atrium

    Juan C Duchesne MD, FACS, FCCP Spirit of Charity Hospital, New Orleans



Recent Entries

Aug 27, 2010 [Jobs]

Full Time Acute Care Surgeon Faculty Position

Aug 26, 2010 [Case Presentations]

Bladder Rupture Following Assault

Aug 21, 2010 [Case Presentations]

Aortic Dissection in Blunt Trauma

Aug 13, 2010 [Case Presentations]

Cardiac laceration

Aug 13, 2010 [Images]

Diaphragmatic rupture following blunt abdominal trauma 02

Community

Recent Entries from Blogs

Jan 30, 2010 [Trauma Research Blog]

The Survival Measurement and Reporting Trial for Trauma (SMARTT): Background and Study Design.

Feb 07, 2010 [Karim's Weblog]

UK National Audit Office Reports on Major Trauma

Trauma-List

Recent Comments

Aug 31, 2010, Lori Medic, [Case Presentations]

Biventricular shotgun injury of the heart

If I may interject I hope you find this useful: When I worked on the trauma team we set up an autotransfuser with every chest…

Aug 27, 2010, ath.pantelis, [Case Presentations]

Cardiac laceration

@ Dr. Chughtai

Thank you for your kind comments.  The fact that tube thoracostomy did not reveal any blood, momentarily drove us away from the…

Aug 27, 2010, uz, [Images]

Towel clip closure of the abdomen

boggotta bags r basically for cases of burst abdomen bt in caes of trauma where damage control surgery z preffered n we have to re-operate…

Aug 27, 2010, Dr Chughtai, [Case Presentations]

Biventricular shotgun injury of the heart

Davies JM, Aston DLA. Evaluation to assess the Donor
pre-evacuated postoperative autologous blood reinfusion
system. Trans Med 2002 ; 12 : 38-39.

Aug 27, 2010, Dr Chughtai, [Case Presentations]

Biventricular shotgun injury of the heart

army medical college pakistan
college of physian and surgeons , pakistan
doing my fellow ship in general surgery

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