Trauma Tip: How to secure your intercostal catheter to the patient
I frequently get asked about the best way to secure a chest tube once it’s inserted. So here’s a video demonstrating how I do it. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2y-g0RAImw In summary: Thick (1/0 or 2/0) silk sutures grip the tube better and are easier to...
ETM Course is accredited for ACRRM PDP
For our rural and remote colleagues, the Emergency Trauma Management Course is accredited for PDP/MOPS with the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, as follows: Activity Title: Emergency Trauma Management Course – ETM – 2017-2019 Code:...
Will doing the ETM Course help me manage major trauma in the ED?
I can carry on all I like about how good the ETM Course is, and put testimonial videos up from people who’ve just completed it saying how good it is, like this: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6HWJ0BtvNA And this: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U4fKB4Wmas But...
ETM Recommends: SWAN XXII Trauma Conference
Now in its 22nd year, the South West Area Network (SWAN) Trauma Conference at Liverpool Hospital promises to be yet another great conference. I attended my first SWAN conference last year, and was thoroughly impressed by the sheer calibre and world-class trauma...Log In
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