Module 4: Thoracic Injuries
Segment 10: Initial Interventions
Guidelines
Prehospital Initiation of Fluid Replacement Therapy in Trauma
The UK's National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) document regarding pre-hospital fluid administration in trauma. (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE))
Joint Trauma System Clinical Practice Guidelines
A list of clinical practice guidelines including blood (resuscitation) from the Department of Defense Center of Excellence for Trauma (US Department of Defense (DOD))
Prehospital Resuscitation in Adult Patients Following Injury
A 2019 clinical practice guideline from the Western Trauma Association related to prehospital resuscitation of adult trauma patients. (Western Trauma Association)
Clinical Practice Guidelines: Resuscitative Thoracotomy
Clinical practice guideline #12 with recommendations for resuscitative thoracotomy. (Northern Ireland Major Trauma Network)
Videos
Open Thoracotomy
A real-patient resuscitative thoracotomy performed in an emergency department. (YouTube)
Resuscitative Thoracotomy
A video and written information about performing a resuscitative thoracotomy. (Life in the FastLane)
The Craziest Procedure a Trauma Surgeon Performs
A trauma surgeon discusses resuscitative thoracotomy. (Knife Skills)
ED Thoracotomy
ED Quick Tips: ED Thoracotomy, lateral incision. (ED Quick Tips)
Clamshell Thoracotomy
ED thoracostomy using the clamshell approach. (GSAHEMS)
Audio
Resuscitative Thoracotomy
Trauma ICU Rounds podcast: Resuscitative Thoracotomy (& some stuff on crics) (Trauma ICU Rounds)
Resuscitative Thoracotomy: Who? When? Why? To What End?
A 2022 trauma podcast from EAST discussing resuscitative thoracotomy. (Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (USA))
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)