Trauma Alert

a review of two articles on the use of teg & rotem - teg/rotem in DCR, and EAST guidelines of teg/rotem

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8601668/

https://www.east.org/education-resources/practice-management-guidelines/details/thromboelastography-and-rotational-thromboelastometry-in-bleeding-patients-with-coagulopathy

a review of the coagulation cascade and the basics of viscoelastic testing

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482253/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajh.23599

Prioritizing Circulation to Improve Outcomes for Patients with Exsanguinating Injury: A Literature Review and Techniques to Help Clinicians Achieve Bleeding Control

https://www.ovid.com/jnls/journalacs/fulltext/10.1097/xcs.0000000000000889~prioritizing-circulation-to-improve-outcomes-for-patients

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

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

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/

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

World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines on blunt and penetrating bowel injury: diagnosis, investigations, and treatment

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8896237/

ASA classifications

Mallampati score

Levels of sedation

Local anesthesia

NPO guidelines

Trauma considerations in anesthesia

Surgical airways

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/