GEMC:Traumatic Disorders 1

General

This the main page for the Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum Project's Traumatic Disorders 1 section. For point of care treatment information see the respective category page and non-GEMC notes.

Head Trauma

Policies and Guidelines

• American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policy: Decisionmaking in Adult Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Acute Setting https://www.acep.org/Clinical---Practice-Management/Clinical-Policy--Decisionmaking-in-Adult-Mild-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-in-the-Acute-Setting/

Neck Trauma: Blunt & Penetrating

Journal Articles - Open Access

• Hoffman JR, Mower WR, Wolfson AB, Todd KH, Zucker MI. National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study Group. Validity of a set of clinical criteria to rule out injury to the cervical spine in patients with blunt trauma. N Engl J Med. 2000 Jul 13;343(2):94-9. http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM200007133430203. Accessed Aug 2013.
• Stiell IG, Wells GA, Vandemheen KL, et al. The Canadian C-spine rule for radiography in alert and stable trauma patients. JAMA. 2001 Oct 17;286(15):1841-8. http://jama.jamanetwork.com/data/Journals/JAMA/4804/JOC10637.pdf. Accessed Aug 2013.

Blogs and Websites

• Weingart, Scott. Crashing Patient. Spinal Trauma http://crashingpatient.com/trauma/system/spinal-injuries.htm/. Accessed Aug 2013

Podcasts

• Bowles, Christine: Intensive Care Network Clearing the C-Spine http://intensivecarenetwork.com/index.php/icn-activities/icn-podcasts/707-96-clearing-the-c-spine (45:16). Accessed Aug 2013.
• Weingart, Scott: EMCRIT A Pain in the Neck, Part 1: Cervical Spine Injuries in the ED. http://media.blubrry.com/emcrit/p/traffic.libsyn.com/emcrit/emcrit-podcast-20111225-63-cervical-spine-inury-i.mp3. Accessed Aug 2013
• Weingart, Scott: EMCRIT More on a Diagnostic Strategy for C-Spine Injuries. http://emcrit.org/podcasts/why-should-we-kill-off-plain-films-c-spine/. Accessed Aug 2013

Abdominal Trauma

Policies and Guidelines

• American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Acute Blunt Abdominal Trauma https://www.acep.org/Clinical---Practice-Management/Clinical-Policy---Critical-Issues-in-the-Evaluation-of-Adult-Patients-Presenting-to-the-Emergency-Department-with-Acute-Blunt-Abdominal-Trauma/

Other Resources

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