Tweet Yesterday, I wrote about the (unclear) benefits of helicopter EMS transports. Today, I’ll cover the risks. The number of…
Tweet I’m going to kick off 4 days of information on helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS). The use of medical…
Tweet Trauma professionals, both prehospital and in trauma centers, make a big deal about “closing velocity” when describing motor vehicle…
Tweet How many times has this happened to you? You walk into a young, healthy trauma patient’s room and discover…
Tweet I’ve spent some time discussing undertriage and overtriage. I frequently get questions on the “Cribari grid” or “Cribari method”…
Tweet So you’re faced with a chest tube that “someone else” inserted, and the followup chest xray shows that the…
Tweet Yesterday I presented the problem of the malpositioned chest tube, specifically one that is not completely in the pleural…
Tweet It happens from time to time. Your patient has a hemothorax or pneumothorax and you insert a chest tube.…
Tweet Yes, this is another one of my pet peeves. During a trauma activation, we all strive to adhere to…
Tweet The American College of Surgeons requires all US Trauma Centers to publish a call schedule that includes a backup…