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Trauma Alert

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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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anesthesia basics, trauma considerations, and surgical airways 08.06.2026 35:57

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

blunt cardiac injury 01.06.2026 22:50

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/

pancreatic trauma 25.05.2026 24:24

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

ballistics 18.05.2026 26:00

ballistics, retained bullet fragments, and lead toxicity

beta blockers in traumatic brain injury 05.05.2026 26:26

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/

trauma in pregnancy 30.04.2026 42:05

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&am...

CRASH 3 25.04.2026 22:02

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

CRASH 2 20.04.2026 32:56

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

thoracic vascular trauma updated guidelines 15.04.2026 36:02

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/

fracture care in polytrauma patients and open fracture care 10.04.2026 38:23

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/

updated corticosteroid guidelines 05.04.2026 25:04

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

closed chest compressions in trauma 30.03.2026 27:17

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/2016/070...

trauma bay medications 25.03.2026 26:36

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

decompressive craniectomy in trauma 20.03.2026 17:00

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

death by neurologic criteria part 2 15.03.2026 37:26

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

death by neurologic criteria part 1 10.03.2026 26:37

part 1 of death by neurologic criteria guidelines from american academy of neurology https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000207740

lower extremity compartment syndrome 05.03.2026 20:29

lower extremity compartment syndrome and fasciotomy

spinal cord injury management 26.02.2026 39:19

American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Programs Best Practices Guidelines - Spine Injury https://www.facs.org/media/k45gikqv/spine_injury_guidelines.pdf

intro to spinal cord injury 22.02.2026 21:14

spinal cord anatomy, neurogenic shock, spinal cord syndromes, spinal shock

damage control resuscitation 15.02.2026 43:39

https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/fulltext/2024/03000/american_association_for_the_surgery_of.23.aspx

EAST guidelines for REBOA use 10.02.2026 19:10

Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in surgical and trauma patients: a systematic review, meta-analysis and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11956280/

abdominal compartment syndrome 05.02.2026 23:37

ACS definitions, risk factors, diagnosis, and management

abdominal trauma part 2: hollow viscus 30.01.2026 25:11

GI tract anatomy, injury grading, and management

abdominal trauma part 1: laparotomy, liver, spleen 25.01.2026 35:38

trauma laparotomy, liver trauma, and spleen trauma

interventional radiology guidelines for trauma 20.01.2026 12:24

Society of Interventional Radiology Position Statement on Endovascular Intervention for Trauma https://www.jvir.org/article/S1051-0443(19)30952-2/fulltext