Background London’s Air Ambulance (LAA) teams attend over 2000 trauma missions per year. Ten percent of patients suffer from serious haemorrhage. Since 2008, physician-led pre-hospital teams have activated “Code Red – massive haemorrhage protocol” pre-alerts to the Major Trauma Centres in London.[1] A significant number of seriously injured patients die at the scene of the incident. Major haemo...

External cause of injury codes (E codes) capture circumstances surrounding injuries. While hospital discharge data are primarily collected for administrative/billing purposes, these data are secondarily used for injury surveillance. We assessed the accuracy and completeness of hospital discharge data for transport-related crashes using trauma registry data as the gold standard. We identified me...

INTRODUCTION Ocular trauma is one of the very important causes of blindness and disability in developing countries; despite the fact that it is preventable in the majority of cases. Considering the importance of the topic and the fact that most of such injuries are preventable, a better understanding of the etiology and epidemiology of the injuries has a vital importance in planning for reducti...

The event organisers, Professor David Lockey and Dr Gareth Davies, both Pre-hospital Care Specialists at London’s Air Ambulance, as well as consultants in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine respectively, welcomed the delegates before proceedings got underway. The hosts had devised a diverse programme with a faculty of renowned subject experts from across the world. Each invi...

introduction: management of pediatric blunt abdominal trauma in resource-restricted settings requires precise clinical expertise. in this study, we reviewed pediatric patients who were suspected to have blunt abdominal trauma in a level iii trauma center in iran. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, 66 injured children were studied from october 01, 2014 to october 01, 2015 in niks...

Contemporary literary traumatheory indicates that experiencing trauma creates a fear that destroys identity. In fact, experiencing trauma creates a new identity for the victim. The representation of the trauma and the formation of the new identity for the victim are the building blocks of trauma novels. Due to the nature of trauma, it seems impossible to fully describe traumatic experiences by ...

Abstract Aim Trauma is a major cause of mortality leading to over 16,000 deaths annually in England and Wales alone. Code red traumas are the most extreme these proportion will require immediate operative intervention. The aim this study was review outcomes patients presenting regional trauma centre as code requiring transfer theatre identify pathway facilitate process. Methods Data were review...

Abstract Aim Trauma is a major cause of mortality leading to over 16,000 deaths annually in England and Wales alone. Code red traumas are the most extreme these proportion will require immediate operative intervention. The aim this study was review outcomes patients presenting regional trauma centre as code requiring transfer theatre identify pathway facilitate process. Method Data were reviewe...

contemporary literary traumatheory indicates that experiencing trauma creates a fear that destroys identity. in fact, experiencing trauma creates a new identity for the victim. the representation of the trauma and the formation of the new identity for the victim are the building blocks of trauma novels. due to the nature of trauma, it seems impossible to fully describe traumatic experiences by ...