trauma

Trauma induced coagulopathy (TIC) is now recognized as one of the major contributors to mortality in badly injured patients.

POGGIBONSI (TUSCANY) - Italian D league, the minor football professionals championship in Italy, lived an unexpected stop during the match Poggibonsi-Pianese in february, the 9th. The Pegaso2 HEMS helicopter needed a landing place to rescue…

Trauma is the leading cause of death among people under the age of 44. Hemorrhage is a major contributor to deaths related to trauma in the first 48 h. This pdf is an extract from Springer Science, by: Jeffrey W. Simmons • Jean-Francois…

Founded in 1989, the London Air Ambulance has treated more than 30,000 critically injured people. Now it serves the 10 million people who live, work and holiday within the M25. The London HEMS operates in partnership with Barts Health NHS…

FROM MARIO RUGNA, MEDEST118 -  Injury is a major cause of premature death and disability worldwide. Most existing injury control strategies focus on primary prevention – that is, avoiding the occurrence of injuries or minimizing their…

This Clinical review, published by Libertas Academica, is an interesting commentary about the management of pediatric polytrauma. The research, published on september, 2014, was realized by: H. Mevius - Medical Student, Department of…

A&E units in England are being given strict guidelines on how many staff they need on duty to provide safe care. The draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends one nurse for every four…

Increasing Paramedic Students' Resiliency to Stress: Assessing correlates and the impact of interventionby Shirley Porter and Andrew JohnsonAbstract Source: The College Quarterly, Toronto This pilot study focused on paramedic students in…

A behavioral emergency, also called a behavioral crisis or psychiatric emergency, occurs when someone’s behavior is so out of control that the person becomes a danger to everyone. The situation is so extreme that the person must be treated…

MEDEST118 REVIEW - RSI is the gold standard when we talk about intubating a spontaneously breathing patient but DSI is becoming a classic. And is recommended by Scott Weingart and Seth Trueger, not properly two “new kids on the block”…