About this podcast
Trauma alert brings you current information in the field of trauma and acute care surgery. Each episode will consist of an objective review of a recent article, guideline, or topic. This podcast aims to keep you up to date in the trauma field one article at a time.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 47 episodes
- use of teg & rotem · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 47a review of two articles on the use of teg & rotem - teg/rotem in DCR, and EAST guidelines of teg/rotem https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8601668/…
- intro to teg & rotem · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 46a review of the coagulation cascade and the basics of viscoelastic testing https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482253/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajh.23599
- prioritizing circulation · 18 min · Season 1 Episode 45Prioritizing Circulation to Improve Outcomes for Patients with Exsanguinating Injury: A Literature Review and Techniques to Help Clinicians Achieve Bleeding Control…
- spine fractures · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 44Acute management of spinal fractures: what you need to know https://www.ovid.com/jnls/jtrauma/fulltext/10.1097/ta.0000000000004916~acute-management-of-spinal-fractures-what-you-n…
- venomous snake bites · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 43a review of the evaluation and management of venomous snake bites in the United States, specifically bites from the crotaline family (rattlesnakes, copperheads, and…
- sharks, boating, drowning · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 42a review of injuries from shark bites, watercraft/boats, and drowning https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507855/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430833/…
- peripheral vascular injury · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 41a review of peripheral vascular injury management, extremity arterial anatomy and exposure, operative principles, and outcomes
- WSES guidelines on bowel injury · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 40World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines on blunt and penetrating bowel injury: diagnosis, investigations, and treatment https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8896237/
- anesthesia · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 39ASA classifications Mallampati score Levels of sedation Local anesthesia NPO guidelines Trauma considerations in anesthesia Surgical airways
- blunt cardiac injury · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 38https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/fulltext/2026/05000/western_trauma_association_critical_decisions_in.15.aspx…
- pancreatic trauma · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 37pancreatic anatomy, injury grading, and management https://www.aast.org/static/journal_pdf_c2783884-d10b-4538-9e1f-c054db3241f3/c2783884-d10b-4538-9e1f-c054db3241f3.pdf…
- beta blockers in traumatic brain injury · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 35Beta-blockers in adults with acute traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12781557/
- trauma in pregnancy · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 34Physiologic changes during pregnancy, special considerations in care of the pregnant trauma patient, and the updated EAST guidelines recommendations…
- CRASH 3 · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 33Effects of tranexamic acid on death, disability, vascular occlusive events and other morbidities in patients with acute traumatic brain injury (CRASH-3): a randomised…
- CRASH 2 · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 32Effects of tranexamic acid on death, vascular occlusive events, and blood transfusion in trauma patients with significant haemorrhage (CRASH-2): a randomised, placebo-controlled…
- thoracic vascular trauma updated guidelines · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 31American Association for the Surgery of Trauma-World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines on the diagnosis and management of major thoracic vascular injuries…
- fracture care in polytrauma patients and open fracture care · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 30Article review - Early major fracture care in polytrauma: priorities in the context of concomitant injuries https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11446538/ modern open…
- updated corticosteroid guidelines · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 29updated 2024 SCCM guidelines on use of corticosteroids for sepsis, ARDS, and community acquired pneumonia https://www.sccm.org/clinical-resources/guidelines/guidelines/use-of-cort…
- closed chest compressions in trauma · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 28A review of a variety of articles about closed CPR and chest compressions in trauma · References · traumatic cardiac arrest a narrative review, journal of clinical medicine in…
