Peripheral Vascular Trauma
Editor, March 07, 2002
Peripheral Vascular Trauma
Karim Brohi, trauma.org 7:3, March 2002
Introduction
Vascular injury has two main consequences - haemorrhage and ischaemia. Or, in the words of an anonymous…
Initial Assessment of Spinal Injury
Spinal injury assessment and clearance
Editor, April 01, 2002
Introduction
The diagnosis of an unstable spinal injury and its subsequent management can be difficult, and a missed spine injury can have devastating long-term consequences. Spinal column injury must therefore…
Combined Vascular & Skeletal Trauma
Mitchell Kimbrough, Stanford University, October 07, 2005
Eric Frykberg discusses the management of these complex injuries.
The Ideal Pelvic Binder
What's important in a pelvic binder?
Karim, London, UK, April 17, 2008
Pelvic binders have replaced external fixation for the immediate stablization of pelvic ring fractures. This article describes the features to look for, and avoid, in choosing a pelvic binder.
Management of Exsanguinating Pelvis Injuries
An algorithm for the management of exsanguinating pelvic trauma
Karim, London, UK, May 20, 2008
Severe pelvic injuries associated with disruption of pelvic vasculature carry an extremely high mortality. A directed approach to management can significantly improve survival in this critical patient group.
London Trauma Conference 2008
Karim, London, UK, July 20, 2008
This year’s London Trauma Conference and Masterclass Symposia will be held at the Royal Geographic Society on November 12th-14th 2008.
TRAUMA.ORG is cohosting the conference in what will undoubted solidify the London Trauma Conference’s position as one of the premier meetings on the global trauma calendar and deliver an outstanding scientific and practical symposium on the state of the art in trauma care.
On the 14th Novemeber TRAUMA.ORG will be running a one-day Trauma Systems Masterclass and there will be a State of the Art Symposium on Traumatic Coagulopathy and Massive Transfusion in association with the National Institute of Health Research. This conference will change your practice.
