Category Archives: trauma

I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now (Edition 1 – Direct and Indirect Pressure) — The Collective

Sometimes the really basic stuff needs better coverage. This series will probably start popping up a bit because sometimes it’s good to get people to share the stuff they wish someone said at the start. Here’s Greg Brown with simple techniques that could make all the difference that we should definitely do well. Here are […]Continue reading “I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now (Edition 1 – Direct and Indirect Pressure) — The Collective”

ETM Course 2017 dates announced! — ETM Course

The ETM Course is now sold out for 2016, but fear not! We have just listed all course dates and locations for 2017. You can see all of the course dates, locations and information on our course dates page. View course dates and register here! Next year we are expanding around Australia and New Zealand.… viaContinue reading “ETM Course 2017 dates announced! — ETM Course”

Brighter Lights for Darker Nights (or How and Why to Set up Trauma Workshops for Your Local Volunteers) — The Collective

Greg Brown, the person with the job of coordinating education at CareFlight on things anyone with a bit of background can do to help make the wide, brown land feel a little less remote. It is a dark and stormy night. It had been a long day at work and you are now driving homeContinue reading “Brighter Lights for Darker Nights (or How and Why to Set up Trauma Workshops for Your Local Volunteers) — The Collective”

Traction splinting for fractured shaft of femur – why do we do it? — ETM Course

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HNEHCBtn7k4%3Fstart%3D2448%26feature%3Doembed As the longest bone in the body, when it breaks a fractured shaft of femur is a very painful and potentially life threatening injury. One of the main initial treatments for this injury is application of some sort of traction splint, designed to apply distracting force between the lower leg and the relatively “fixed” base…Continue reading “Traction splinting for fractured shaft of femur – why do we do it? — ETM Course”

Gentle patient handling

The paper we mentioned by Jonathan Benger and Jules Blackham can be accessed here: https://sjtrem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1757-7241-17-44 Stable versus unstable spinal injury The location of an injury and involvement of different structures defines the stability of a spinal injury. Anterior column: anterior longitudinal ligament and the anterior half of the vertebral body/disc. Middle column: posterior half ofContinue reading “Gentle patient handling”