Advanced trauma life support® update 2019: management and applications for adults and special populations

SM Galvagno, JT Nahmias… - Anesthesiology …, 2019 - anesthesiology.theclinics.com
The Advanced Trauma Life Support®(ATLS®) course was developed in 1978 by the
American College of Surgeons, and its accompanying textbook, Advanced Trauma Life …

Management of suspected tension pneumothorax in tactical combat casualty care: TCCC guidelines change 17-02.

FK Butler Jr, JB Holcomb, SA Shackelford… - Journal of special …, 2018 - europepmc.org
This change to the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Guidelines that updates the
recommendations for management of suspected tension pneumothorax for combat …

Failure rate of prehospital needle decompression for tension pneumothorax in trauma patients

RN Lesperance, CM Carroll, JK Aden… - The American …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Tension pneumothorax is commonly treated with needle decompression (ND) at the 2nd
intercostal space midclavicular line (2nd ICS MCL) but is thought to have a high failure rate …

Prehospital trauma compendium: traumatic pneumothorax care: position statement and resource document of NAEMSP

JW Lyng, C Ward, M Angelidis, A Breyre… - Prehospital …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians manage patients with traumatic
pneumothoraxes. These may be simple pneumothoraxes that are less clinically impactful, or …

A novel expeditionary perfused cadaver model for trauma training in the out-of-hospital setting

TT Redman, EM Ross - The Journal of emergency medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Cadaver training for prehospital surgical procedures is a valid training model.
The limitation to date has been that perfused cadavers have only been used in wet …

Emergent needle thoracostomy in prehospital trauma patients: a review of procedural execution through computed tomography scans

MM Neeki, C Cheung, F Dong, N Pham… - Trauma Surgery & …, 2021 - tsaco.bmj.com
Background Traumatic tension pneumothoraces (TPT) are among the most serious causes
of death in traumatic injuries, requiring immediate treatment with a needle thoracostomy …

Tension pneumothorax: What is an effective treatment?

D Gurney - Journal of Emergency Nursing, 2019 - jenonline.org
Many emergency nurses have memorized the phrase “needle decompression 2ICS
MCL”(translation: second intercostal space, mid clavicular line) as the intervention for a …

Risk Reduction in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Orthopaedic Surgery

MS Pinzur - Recent Strategies in High Risk Surgery, 2024 - Springer
The evolution of the modern Patient Safety Movement has led to the current practice of risk
reduction in patients undergoing complex orthopaedic surgical procedures by improving …

Advanced Trauma Life Support

CR Parrino, RB Fransman, AJ Varone… - Recent Strategies in …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS®) system allows for standardization in
the management of the trauma patient. It places an emphasis on prioritizing a systematic …

Bigger is better: comparison of alternative devices for tension hemopneumothorax and pulseless electrical activity in a Yorkshire swine model

ML Leatherman, LM Fluke, CS McEvoy… - Journal of Trauma …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Tension pneumothorax is a cause of potentially preventable death in
prehospital and battlefield settings and 14-gauge angiocatheter (14G AC) decompression …