Assessment and initial management of major trauma: summary of NICE guidance Page 1
GUIDELINES Assessment and initial management of major trauma: summary of NICE …

Head injury is the commonest cause of death and disability in people aged 1-40 years in the
UK. Each year, 1.4 million people attend emergency departments in England and Wales …

For people aged 5-45 years trauma is second only to HIV/AIDS as a cause of death. 1 2
Every day world wide over 300000 people are severely injured, about 10 000 of whom die …

Background The guideline offers best practice for the care of all patients who present with a
suspected or confirmed traumatic head injury with or without other major trauma, and …

We searched Medline 1980-2008, Pubmed and the Cochrane library for clinical trials and
reviews. The medical subject headings “head injury”,“brain injury”,“trauma”,“prehospital” …

On behalf of the International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society (ITACCS), we
are pleased and honored to present Prehospital Trauma Care. Each of the predominant …

Trauma is the leading cause of death for people under 40 in the UK, and a major cause of
debilitating long-term injuries. 1 Major trauma usually refers to a seriously injured patient or …

Previous articles in this series have emphasised the importance of an aggressive,
integrated, interdisciplinary approach to trauma care by an experienced team that has …

The argument over how much care to give trauma victims at the scene of an accident reflects
the development of the ambulance service Originally the ambulance service simply provided …

Objective: To assess the effect of the development of an experimental trauma centre and
regional trauma system on the survival of patients with major trauma. Design: Controlled …