Pricking the Big Red Balloon
Intra-abdominal hypertension is a critical state that may lead to multiorgan failure and, eventually, to death. However, the diagnosis of this condition is often missed, and the intra-abdominal pressure is a parameter frequently forgotten...
The Time of my Life
Trauma is the leading cause of death in the young population, and this is particularly true for low- and middle-income countries. In this post we are going to talk about the distribution of trauma deaths over time, and how this distribution changed over the years ad why...
Breaking the Cage
Chest trauma is one of the most common, and it includes a whole bunch of possible different injuries: some of them life-threatening, others less worrisome...
Building Dams like Beavers
Managing a bleeding patient outside your comfort zone can be challenging... Learn how to save a life with three simple maneuvers...
The Chicken & The Egg
Two famous techiques to manage patients with pelvic trauma are the preperitoneal pelvic packing and the angioembolization... But, when to use them? How? Can they be used together?
