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ANZAST Trauma Grand Round: Blasts and Ballistics: The ANZAST Trauma Grand Rounds are a series of live, online broadcasts presented bi-monthly with different keynote presenters sharing their experience and knowledge around carefully chosen topics. @35254406-146a-48d9-86e2-903d07f85ccb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f408619f…

Concussion: A third of all brain injuries go unreported nzherald.co.nz/nz/concussion-…

The interim survey of the @LindAlliance PSP for #MajorTrauma is out now - have your say on the research priorities that matter for major trauma. Please share with your networks bit.ly/TraumaSurvey23 @GowerJonathan @BrethertonC @hamezgacaferi @xlgriffin

Sign of a good simulation at the @ATACCFaculty @ATACCGroup NTACC course today! 🩸 🩹 🚑 @eimhearquinn @countrybumkintr @EmilyMP_RN

First Responder Shock Trial (FIRST) - Intervention Arm has gone live what an incredible study to be able to participate in great work @GoodSamApp @StJohnNZ @VACAR_AV

New Zealand is standardising its approach to treating acute blood loss - now called the Massive Haemorrhage Pathway. Single national protocol with 3 pathways: trauma, surgical, obstetric. @TeWhatuOra #Anaesthesia #Anesthesiology #EmergencyMedicine youtube.com/watch?v=B0peAo…

Importance of avoiding screen use in early stages of #concussion recovery.

Exciting times @TraumaHelen

Did you miss the Starship Trauma Evening last month? Don’t worry we have uploaded the presentations for you to watch at you leisure northerntrauma.co.nz/events-videos/ @NZmajortrauma

Effective debriefing is a game changer. But most of us are terrible at it. Here are 9 steps to take your debrief to the next level:

Save the date, Pre-hospital and Retrieval Medicine trauma evening! Join trauma education Face to Face or virtually. #FOAMed & a certificate, win win. Program and registration coming soon. @NSWHealth @NSWAmbulance #nswtrauma #CriticalCare #GSAHEMS #EmergencyMedicine

Recommendations for burns care in mass casualty incidents: WHO Emergency Medical Teams Technical Working Group on Burns (WHO TWGB) 2017-2020 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33041154/

We saw significant hypocalcaemia despite calcium replacement over the first few days. Burn Lessons Learned From the Whakaari White Island Volcanic Eruption academic.oup.com/jbcr/advance-a…

They challenge traditional evidence-bereft practices of prioritised spinal immobilisation and encourage self-extrication or minimally assisted self-extrication 2/6

The paper is Nutbeam, T. et al. A Delphi study of rescue and clinical subject matter experts on the extrication of patients following a motor vehicle collision. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Medicine 30, 41 (2022) Full text at @SJTREM is here ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… 4/6

A great appraisal and commentary by @EMManchester is on the @stemlyns blog here stemlynsblog.org/the-exit-study… 5/6

If you're involved in prehospital care and extrication of motor vehicle entrapment patients, this list of agreed principles by a multiagency expert working group are worth a read 1/6

Can't attend the Trauma 2022 Conference in-person? Perfect for those abroad or with a schedule clash, you can now register to watch a selection of presentations live from wherever you are! Virtual registrations now open, check out the program here: tinyurl.com/yu98vyyk

@Alicee_wrightt There’s some excellent work being done in Aus by @MyaCubitt - here’s what she had to say at #ICEM22 in Melbourne last month (stemlynsblog.org/icem22-melbour…) about elderly (AKA silver) trauma

The Trauma 2022 Conference will welcome 70+ speakers from a multidisciplinary background with representation from nursing, medical, surgical, allied health, paramedical, research, and more. Download the full program out now: tinyurl.com/ckdtr66z #TraumaANZ