trauma Archives

ATLS Trauma Update (2018)

by Shahbaz Syed | Feb 9, 2018 | Featured, Journal Club, Slider

Dr. Michael Woo is a staff Emergency Physician and trauma team leader at the Ottawa Hospital. At this years NCCEM conference he presented an update on ATLS trauma care. The 10th edition of ATLS was released this previous summer, and was offered to be one of the...

Effect of Abdominal Ultrasound on Clinical Care, Outcomes, and Resource Use Among Children With Blunt Torso Trauma: A Randomized Controlled Trial

by Hans Rosenberg | Oct 30, 2017 | Full Article, Journal Club, Radiology, Trauma

Journal Club Summary Reference: Holmes JF, et al. JAMA. 2017 Jun 13;317(22):2290-2296 Editorial: Abdominal Ultrasound for Pediatric Blunt Trauma: FAST Is Not Always Better. Reference: Kessler DO. JAMA. 2017 Jun 13;317(22):2283-2285. Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness...

REBOA: Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta

by emottawa | Feb 23, 2017 | Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation

The use of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) has become a topic of considerable interest as of late, primarily to treat non-compressible truncal hemorrhage (NCTH). However, it is beginning to expand into other causes...

Immediate total-body CT scanning versus conventional imaging and selective CT scanning in patients with severe trauma (REACT-2): a randomised controlled trial

by emottawa | Oct 31, 2016 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Seirink JC et al. Lancet. 2016 Aug 13;388(10045):673-83. Abstract Link This is a multicenter randomized control trial of over a thousand trauma patients at five Level 1 trauma centres in western...

Transfusion of plasma, platelets, and red blood cells in a 1:1:1 vs a 1:1:2 ratio and mortality in patients with severe trauma: the PROPPR randomized clinical trial.

by emottawa | Oct 12, 2015 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Holcomb JB, Tilley BC, Baraniuk S, et al. JAMA. 2015 Feb 3;313(5):471-82. Full Article This prospective multicenter randomized control trial found that there was no statistically...