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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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blunt cerebrovascular injury 15.01.2026 16:29

anatomy, injury grades, denver criteria, and management

restrictive vs liberal transfusion strategy in patients with acute brain injury 10.01.2026 27:38

the TRAIN trial https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39382241/

TBI management part 2 05.01.2026 37:07

Part 2 of reviewing ACS TQP Best practices guidelines for management of traumatic brain injury https://www.facs.org/media/vgfgjpfk/best-practices-guidelines-traumatic-brain-injury.pdf

TBI management part 1 29.12.2025 26:24

Part 1 of reviewing ACS TQP Best practices guidelines for management of traumatic brain injury https://www.facs.org/media/vgfgjpfk/best-practices-guidelines-traumatic-brain-injury.pdf

introduction to traumatic brain injury 22.12.2025 17:25

types of traumatic brain injuries, physiology of intracranial pressure and cerebral perfusion pressure

updated CWIS guidelines for surgical stabilization of rib fractures 15.12.2025 22:36

Updated CWIS guidelines for rib fixation/SSRF/rib plating https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2025&issue=10000&article=00005&type=Fulltext DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004750

burns 10.12.2025 23:50

burn depth classification, estimating TBSA, fluid resuscitation, basic burn care, inhalational injury, carbon monoxide poisoning, and cyanide poisoning

penetrating chest trauma 05.12.2025 21:38

penetrating thoracic trauma, cardiac tamponade and tension pneumothorax, indications for thoracotomy, and steps of resuscitative thoracotomy

penetrating neck trauma 30.11.2025 13:30

a review of the modern approach to penetrating neck trauma, which focuses on patient's clinical condition and presence of hard or soft signs, as compared to older approaches including the zone based approach and mandatory operative exploration https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/10/1/e001619

AVERT shock trial 25.11.2025 16:10

Effect of Low-Dose Supplementation of Arginine Vasopressin on Need for Blood Product Transfusions in Patients With Trauma and Hemorrhagic Shock A Randomized Clinical Trial https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6714462/ doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2884

prehospital TXA 20.11.2025 13:52

Prehospital tranexamic acid is associated with a survival benefit without an increase in complications: Results of two harmonized randomized clinical trials https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/fulltext/2024/11000/prehospital_tranexamic_acid_is_associated_with_a.6.aspx DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004315

hemorrhagic shock 17.11.2025 12:22

hemorrhagic shock classes, shock index, and ABC score

EAST guidelines for the use of whole blood in adult civilian trauma patients 06.04.2025 10:01

Let's go over the updated EAST practice management guidelines regarding the use of whole blood in trauma patients. The article is available at https://www.east.org/education-resources/practice-management-guidelines/details/whole-blood-resuscitation-for-injured-patients-requiring-transfusion-a-systematic-review-metaanalysi#h0 DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004327

updated guidelines to reduce venous thromboembolism in trauma patients 14.11.2024 37:12

I review “Updated guidelines to reduce venous thromboembolism in trauma patients: a Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm,” which was published in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery in June 2020. Open access article found here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7587238/ DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002830