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Adult Trauma Guidelines

Trauma call

A “trauma call” should standardise the in-hospital response to trauma patients. A trauma team is mobilised to receive the patient. Other services (eg: radiology, blood bank etc) may also be notified.     A mandatory trauma call should be placed if any of the following criteria are met   R40 Read more…
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Blunt thoracic trauma

Blunt thoracic trauma is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Life threats should be identified on the primary survey though some significant injuries (eg: aortic injuries) may not be immediately apparent.   Immediate life threats These should be identified and managed as part of the primary survey tension pneumothorax Read more…
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