Module 4: Thoracic Injuries
Segment 9: Great Vessel Injuries
Websites
Aortic Stent Grafts
Manufacturer's website with information regarding various methods of performing aortic graft repairs. (Medtronic.com)
Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair
Video about the TEVAR (Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair) procedure. (The Texas Heart Institute)
Blunt Carotid and Vertebral Artery Injury (BCVI)
A series of blog posts about blunt injury to the carotid and vertebral arteries in adults and children. After reading this blog post, you can click to the next related topic. (The Trauma Pro)
Guidelines
Management of BCVI
A 2020 clinical practice guideline from EAST on the evaluation and management of blunt cerebrovascular trauma. (Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (USA))
Vascular Trauma Guidelines
A clinical practice guideline from the UK's North Midlands Critical Care & Trauma Networks with recommendations for the management of traumatic vascular injuries. (Midlands Critical Care & Trauma Networks (UK))
Videos
Contemporary Treatment of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injuries
A 2018 lecture: Contemporary Treatment of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injuries (Arizona Trauma Association)
Widened Mediastinum
Chest X-ray interpretation of widened mediastinum. (Internal Medicine Made Easy)
WHO Mortality Database
A searchable database for global mortality statistics. (World Health Organization)
Injuries and violence
The incidence and impact of intentional and unintentional injuries across the age spectrum. (World Health Organization)
Provincial Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Report Card
Links to a variety of statistics related to the care of patients with traumatic brain injury in the Canadian Provinces. (Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation)