Traumatic injury remains the leading cause of potentially preventable death in Canadians
under age 40 years. Although only a minority of patients present with hemodynamic instability, …

… panel Leo MG Geeraedts Jr a b , Leonie AH Pothof c , Erica Caldwell d , Elly SM de Lange-de
Klerk e , Scott K. D’Amours d … D. for critical review of previous versions of the manuscript. …

Severe burns represent a devastating injury that induces profound systemic inflammation
requiring large volumes of resuscitative fluids. The consequent massive swelling and …

Consistent care of hemodynamically unstable pelvic fracture patients is a major management
issue. It was uncertain whether the introduction of newly developed clinical practice …

METHODS All trauma patients admitted to Liverpool Hospital between 1995 and 1999 were
reviewed. Since 1995, all admitted trauma patients have been entered prospectively onto …

BACKGROUND: Patients presenting to Emergency Departments (EDs) with abdominal
trauma benefit from FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma). Not all doctor …

Few studies have prospectively analysed the delivery of care in trauma patients. This study
undertook a prospective analysis of performance and consistency of care at a Level 1 trauma …

… Ball CG, Kirkpatrick AW, D’Amours SK. The RAPTOR: resuscitation with angiography,
percutaneous techniques and operative repair. Transforming the discipline of trauma …

Exsanguination and death are rapid consequences of untreated hemorrhage. At its simplest,
successful treatment requires expedient localization and arrest of bleeding concurrent to …

The open abdomen is a valuable tool in the management of patients with intra-abdominal
hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome. The longer an abdomen is left open, the …