Pelvic Trauma 101 (or How to Prevent Death by Snu-Snu)
Pelvic fracture is one of the main sources of hemorrhage in trauma patients. Their management should begin immediately at the scene to limit the blood loss and improve the patient’s outcome. Learn more about pelvic fractures, their classifications, and all the available treatments.
How to Open the Pandora’s Box
Operating on trauma patients is not the same as performing surgery during a scheduled procedure. Trauma surgery may seem just fast and confusional, but it’s quite the contrary. Trauma surgery follows precise rules…
My Heart Will Go On
When a bleeding trauma patient has a cardiac arrest, he/she cannot be managed as a normal patient. In this case, we may need to make an important decision, which scares everyone: do or not to do a resuscitative thoracotomy?!...
How to Win a Gun Fight with a Knife
Damage Control Surgery… What is it? When to use it? Why is it so important? How to carry it out?... In this post, you can find all the answers you are looking for.
The Trauma Team Management
Managing a trauma patient is not a solo thing… You work in a team, and you need to know how to manage your team as well as your patient.
