Emergency Radiology Course
Off the back of the very successful trauma radiology course last year, Andrew Dixon and Frank Gaillard from Radiopaedia and Andy Buck from the ETM Course are presenting a new, one day, Emergency Radiology course on Saturday May 16th at the Alfred Hospital in...ETM Radiology: That’s not a knife!
In true Aussie trauma style, we pay homage to Crocodile Dundee, with a case of penetrating chest injury. Can you troubleshoot the chest in this tricky case? A 49 year old man presents after being stabbed multiple times in the left anterior chest. Paramedics state that...
ETM Journal Club: Pressure, perfusion, and compartments
This is a review article (available free online over at The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery) that covers compartment syndrome by body region, reviewing the latest evidence and challenging some dogma related to this fascinating condition. Ivatury RR. Pressure,...
ETM Journal Club: Shock Index for prediction of critical bleeding post-trauma: A systematic review
I thought it prudent to start the new ETM Journal Club with a local article (from my alma mater as it were), and from none other than the famed (ex) Red Rag, EMA. We all know that bleeding is bad in trauma. Bleeding until you’re shocked is bad. If you’re...
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:...Log In
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