GEMC:Traumatic Disorders 1

General

This the main page for the Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum Project's Traumatic Disorders 1 section. For point of care treatment information see the respective category page and non-GEMC notes.

Head Trauma

Blogs and Websites

• ICH
• Head CT in Trauma (Clinical_Decision_Rules)
• Head Trauma (Adult)

Policies and Guidelines

• American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policy: Decisionmaking in Adult Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Acute Setting https://www.acep.org/Clinical---Practice-Management/Clinical-Policy--Decisionmaking-in-Adult-Mild-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-in-the-Acute-Setting/

Podcasts

• Emcrit - Scott Weingart - Elevated ICP and Hernation

Neck Trauma: Blunt & Penetrating

Journal Articles - Open Access

• Hoffman JR, Mower WR, Wolfson AB, Todd KH, Zucker MI. National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study Group. Validity of a set of clinical criteria to rule out injury to the cervical spine in patients with blunt trauma. N Engl J Med. 2000 Jul 13;343(2):94-9. http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM200007133430203. Accessed Aug 2013.
• Stiell IG, Wells GA, Vandemheen KL, et al. The Canadian C-spine rule for radiography in alert and stable trauma patients. JAMA. 2001 Oct 17;286(15):1841-8. http://jama.jamanetwork.com/data/Journals/JAMA/4804/JOC10637.pdf. Accessed Aug 2013.
• Inaba, Kenji, et al. 'Evaluation of multidetector computed tomography for penetrating neck injury: a prospective multicenter study Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 72.3 (2012): 576-584. http://blog.utp.edu.co/cirugia/files/2014/03/Angiograf%C3%ADa-en-trauma-de-cuello2Art%C3%ADculo2.pdf
• Schaider, Jeffrey, John Bailitz, Michael Lucchesi, and Errington C. Thompson. Neck trauma: don’t put your neck on the line An Evidence-Based Approach To Traumatic Emergencies (2009): 5. https://www.ebmedicine.net/media_library/aboutUs/Trauma%20Book%20for%20EPC%20with%20EMP%20subscribe%20flier.pdf#page=9
• Biffl, Walter L., Charles E. Ray Jr, Ernest E. Moore, Reginald J. Franciose, Somer Aly, Mary Grace Heyrosa, Jeffrey L. Johnson, and Jon M. Burch. Treatment-related outcomes from blunt cerebrovascular injuries: importance of routine follow-up arteriography. Annals of surgery 235, no. 5 (2002): 699. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1422496/
• Múnera, Felipe, Jorge A. Soto, Diana M. Palacio, Jorge Castañeda, Carlos Morales, Alvaro Sanabria, Juan E. Gutiérrez, and Giovanni García.Penetrating Neck Injuries: Helical CT Angiography for Initial Evaluation. Radiology 224, no. 2 (2002): 366-372. http://138.5.102.159/emergency_medicine/documents/CTangioforpenetratingneckinjuries.pdf

Blogs and Websites

• Weingart, Scott. Crashing Patient. Spinal Trauma http://crashingpatient.com/trauma/system/spinal-injuries.htm/. Accessed Aug 2013

Policies and Guidelines

• Bromberg, William J., Bryan C. Collier, Larry N. Diebel, Kevin M. Dwyer, Michelle R. Holevar, David G. Jacobs, Stanley J. Kurek, Martin A. Schreiber, Mark L. Shapiro, and Todd R. Vogel. "Blunt cerebrovascular injury practice management guidelines: the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma." Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 68, no. 2 (2010): 471-477. http://www.east.org/resources/treatment-guidelines/blunt-cerebrovascular-injury

Podcasts

• Bowles, Christine: Intensive Care Network Clearing the C-Spine http://intensivecarenetwork.com/index.php/icn-activities/icn-podcasts/707-96-clearing-the-c-spine (45:16). Accessed Aug 2013.
• Weingart, Scott: EMCRIT A Pain in the Neck, Part 1: Cervical Spine Injuries in the ED. http://media.blubrry.com/emcrit/p/traffic.libsyn.com/emcrit/emcrit-podcast-20111225-63-cervical-spine-inury-i.mp3. Accessed Aug 2013
• Weingart, Scott: EMCRIT More on a Diagnostic Strategy for C-Spine Injuries. http://emcrit.org/podcasts/why-should-we-kill-off-plain-films-c-spine/. Accessed Aug 2013

Chest Trauma

Blogs and Websites

• • EMCurious - TXA Trauma Lit Review

Videos

• Penetrating Chest Trauma Made Simple http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cutRygdXXTM (accessed 16 Nov 2013)

Abdominal Trauma

Policies and Guidelines

• American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Acute Blunt Abdominal Trauma https://www.acep.org/Clinical---Practice-Management/Clinical-Policy---Critical-Issues-in-the-Evaluation-of-Adult-Patients-Presenting-to-the-Emergency-Department-with-Acute-Blunt-Abdominal-Trauma/

Podcasts

• EMCRIT Tranexamic Acid (TXA), Crash 2, & Pragmatism with Tim Coats

See Also

• GEMC: Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum (Main)