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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.

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  • S1 · E44
    Wednesday · 34 min

    spine fractures

    Acute 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-need-to-know

  • S1 · E43
    August 19 · 54 min

    venomous snake bites

    a review of the evaluation and management of venomous snake bites in the United States, specifically bites from the crotaline family (rattlesnakes, copperheads, and cottonmouths). https://www.uptodate.com/contents/bites-by-crotalinae-snakes-rattlesnakes-cottonmouths-water-moccasins-or-copperheads-in-the-united-states-clinical-manifestations-evaluation-and-diagnosis?search=bites%20by%20crotaline%20snakes&topicRef=121865&source=see_link https://www.uptodate.com/contents/bites-by-crotalinae-snakes-rattlesnakes-cottonmouths-water-moccasins-or-copperheads-in-the-united-states-management?search=bites%20by%20crotaline%20snakes&topicRef=6595&source=see_link

  • S1 · E42
    August 12 · 40 min

    sharks, boating, drowning

    a 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/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10431368/

  • S1 · E41
    August 5 · 45 min

    peripheral vascular injury

    a review of peripheral vascular injury management, extremity arterial anatomy and exposure, operative principles, and outcomes

  • S1 · E40
    July 29 · 45 min

    WSES guidelines on bowel injury

    World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines on blunt and penetrating bowel injury: diagnosis, investigations, and treatment https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8896237/

  • S1 · E39
    June 8 · 35 min

    anesthesia

    ASA classifications Mallampati score Levels of sedation Local anesthesia NPO guidelines Trauma considerations in anesthesia Surgical airways

  • S1 · E38
    June 1 · 22 min

    blunt cardiac injury

    https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/fulltext/2026/05000/western_trauma_association_critical_decisions_in.15.aspx https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2024&issue=05000&article=00001&type=Fulltext https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532267/

  • S1 · E37
    May 25 · 24 min

    pancreatic trauma

    pancreatic anatomy, injury grading, and management https://www.aast.org/static/journal_pdf_c2783884-d10b-4538-9e1f-c054db3241f3/c2783884-d10b-4538-9e1f-c054db3241f3.pdf https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2025&issue=03000&article=00014&type=Fulltext

  • S1 · E36
    May 18 · 26 min

    ballistics

    ballistics, retained bullet fragments, and lead toxicity

  • S1 · E35
    May 5 · 26 min

    beta blockers in traumatic brain injury

    Beta-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/

  • S1 · E34
    April 30 · 42 min

    trauma in pregnancy

    Physiologic changes during pregnancy, special considerations in care of the pregnant trauma patient, and the updated EAST guidelines recommendations https://www.east.org/education-resources/practice-management-guidelines/details/trauma-in-pregnancy-a-systematic-review-metaanalysis-and-practice-management-guideline-from-the-east https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2025&issue=02000&article=00002&type=Fulltext https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559304/

  • S1 · E33
    April 25 · 22 min

    CRASH 3

    Effects of tranexamic acid on death, disability, vascular occlusive events and other morbidities in patients with acute traumatic brain injury (CRASH-3): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32233-0/fulltext

  • S1 · E32
    April 20 · 32 min

    CRASH 2

    Effects of tranexamic acid on death, vascular occlusive events, and blood transfusion in trauma patients with significant haemorrhage (CRASH-2): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)60835-5/fulltext

  • S1 · E31
    April 15 · 36 min

    thoracic vascular trauma updated guidelines

    American Association for the Surgery of Trauma-World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines on the diagnosis and management of major thoracic vascular injuries https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41532881/

  • S1 · E30
    April 10 · 38 min

    fracture care in polytrauma patients and open fracture care

    Article review - Early major fracture care in polytrauma: priorities in the context of concomitant injuries https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11446538/ modern open fracture grading and management https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38374531/

  • S1 · E29
    April 5 · 25 min

    updated corticosteroid guidelines

    updated 2024 SCCM guidelines on use of corticosteroids for sepsis, ARDS, and community acquired pneumonia https://www.sccm.org/clinical-resources/guidelines/guidelines/use-of-corticosteroids-in-sepsis-ards-cap

  • S1 · E28
    March 30 · 27 min

    closed chest compressions in trauma

    A 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 January 2024 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10816125/#B48-jcm-13-00302 · UK pigs https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(19)30165-0/fulltext · Dogs https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/fulltext/2016/07000/use_of_cpr_in_hemorrhagic_shock,_a_dog_model.6.aspx · Baboons https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/abstract/1989/10000/hemodynamic_effects_of_external_cardiac_massage_in.22.aspx · may 2021. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0300957221000848 · October 2023. https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/fulltext/2023/10000/the_futility_of_closed_chest_compressions_after.19.aspx · February 2025. https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/fulltext/2025/02000/effect_of_cardiopulmonary_resuscitation_on.10.aspx · January 2016. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4713157/ · November 2016. https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/fulltext/2016/11000/open_chest_cardiac_massage_offers_no_benefit_over.7.aspx · Nov 1982 articlehttps://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/abstract/1982/11000/role_of_external_cardiac_compression_in_truncal.8.aspx

  • S1 · E27
    March 25 · 26 min

    trauma bay medications

    common medications administered in the trauma bay or during the acute phase of trauma care

  • S1 · E26
    March 20 · 17 min

    decompressive craniectomy in trauma

    decompressive craniectomy (DC) in trauma: what you need to know https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11446508/

  • S1 · E25
    March 15 · 37 min

    death by neurologic criteria part 2

    part 2 of death by neurologic criteria guidelines from american academy of neurology https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000207740

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