Trauma

Reading Time: 4 minutes Bleeding control is an important component of trauma care. Here are the fundamentals.

Reading Time: 4 minutes What is Desmopressin? How does it work? And does it have any utility in patients with TBI?

Reading Time: 3 minutes Learn about which dental injuries are truly emergencies and how to deal with them.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Decompressive Craniectomy is the very first section in the Brain Trauma Foundation’s Guidelines for the Management of Severe TBI. Here’s the updated scoop on DC for TBI.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Rh doesn’t just stand for Restoration Hardware…learn about how to deal with Rh status in the pregnant trauma patient from Dr. Ashika Jain.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is TXA the wonderdrug that works for everything??? Perhaps not! Check out Dr. Hagahmed’s review of this new multicenter trial examining TXA for TBI.

Reading Time: 3 minutes You know what zone the neck injury is in…now what?

Reading Time: 2 minutes Learn about the initial exam and evaluation of penetrating neck trauma from Dr. Ashika Jain.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Learn how to not miss this diagnosis from Dr. Zaf Qasim, because the consequences can be dire.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Neurogenic Shock can have confusing presentations. Learn how to recognize and treat it from Mohamed Hagahmed in this post.