The initial assessment and management of seriously injured patients is a challenging task and requires a rapid and systematic approach. Injuries causing this mortality occur in predictable patterns and recognition of these patterns led to the development of advanced trauma life support (ATLS) by the American College of Surgeons, and standardized protocol for trauma patient evaluation has been d...

Abstract Aim This study aimed to analyse the degree of relative variation in specialty-specific competencies required for Certification Completion Training (CCT) set by UK Joint Committee Surgical (JCST) 2021 curriculum. Methods Regulatory body guidance related operative and non-operative surgical skill CCT were analysed compared. Results Wide inter-speciality was demonstrated minimum number lo...

BACKGROUND Presence of a trauma team leader (TTL) in the trauma team is associated with positive patient outcomes in major trauma. The TTL is traditionally a surgeon who coordinates the resuscitation and ensures adherence to Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) guidelines. The necessity of routine surgical leadership in the resuscitative component of trauma care has been questioned by some autho...

INTRODUCTION In Latin America, there is a preponderance of prehospital trauma deaths. However, scarce resources mandate that any improvements in prehospital medical care must be cost-effective. This study sought to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of several approaches to improving training for personnel in three ambulance services in Mexico. METHODS In Monterrey, training was augmented with P...

BACKGROUND Lodox-Statscan is a whole-body, skeletal and soft-tissue, low-dose X-ray scanner Anterior-posterior and lateral thoraco-abdominal studies are obtained in 3-5 minutes with only about one-third of the radiation required for conventional radiography. Since its approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA, several trauma centers have incorporated this technology into the...

More than 7.5 million people in the world are affected by spinal cord injury (SCI). In this study, we aimed to analyze the effect of training in advanced trauma life support (ATLS) on the kinematics of the spine when performing different mobilization and immobilization techniques on patients with suspected SCI. A quasi-experimental study, clinical simulation, was carried out to determine the ef...

Abstract Introduction Secondary survey is a key aspect of the ATLS guidelines in avoiding missed injuries polytrauma patients. Aim: Evaluate documentation secondary cases admitted to RIE A+E department. Method Standard audit protocol, retrospective data collection. Polytrauma patients and requiring Trauma CT were identified from local trauma database. Primary outcome was successful completion s...