May 2018

01/05/2018 1h 31min
May 2018

Episode Synopsis

This month we have Traumatic cardiac Arrest Part 1 & 2 , Do you know how and when to undertake a resuscitative thoracotomy in traumatic cardiac arrest? & Do you open the chest in blunt trauma?  Do you know the basics well and do you rehearse and deliver the simple interventions quickly and effectively in traumatic arrest? | Should we have a geriatrician on the trauma team? | How do you make end of life decisions in the trauma bay?  How do you avoid opiate overuse in elderly trauma patients? | Can we clinically predict which patients might benefit from thrombectomy for stroke | Can we use higher D-Dimer thresholds to avoid imaging low-risk patients for PE? | Does a greater occipital nerve block help with the treatment of migraine

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