Introduction. Ground-level falls are typically regarded as a minor mechanism of injury that do not necessitate trauma team activation; however, they represent a significant proportion of hospitalised trauma and can result in multisystem injury. Case Presentation. A 79-year-old nursing home resident was brought to the emergency department following an unwitnessed fall. She suffered dementia and ...

BACKGROUND Simulation-based training provides a low-stress learning environment where real-life emergencies can be practiced. Simulation can improve surgical education and patient care in crisis situations through a team approach emphasizing interpersonal and communication skills. OBJECTIVE This study assessed the effects of simulation-based training in the context of trauma resuscitation in ...

PURPOSE The constellation of advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) events, such as gas embolism, local anesthetic overdose, and spinal bradycardia, in the perioperative setting differs from events in the pre-hospital arena. As a result, modification of traditional ACLS protocols allows for more specific etiology-based resuscitation. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Perioperative arrests are both uncommon an...

Introduction Tibial fractures are one of the most common traumatic fractures, particularly in automobile accidents. Percutaneous reduction with conventional forceps and un reamed intramedullary nailing, transpatellar, medial parapatellar tendon approaches all used, but tibial nails still primarily inserted through a transpatellar splitting or approach. Objective The aim objectives this study to...

Background The current resuscitation guidelines state that basic life support (BLS) should be conducted in two minute cycles. This regime dictates the frequencies of medicine administration and defibrillation during advanced life support in cardiac arrests. Earlier work has shown that participants in a cardiac arrest teams lose their time perception and both overand underestimate elapsed time. ...

Basic life support (BLS) and even advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) should be an integral and mandatory component of the undergraduate curriculum in all local medical schools’, perhaps for students in their penultimate or final year. Refresher courses and periodic mandatory recertification however is necessary to avoid de-skilling. Simply increasing the period of housemanship training alone ...