The Advanced Trauma Life Support®(ATLS®) course was developed in 1978 by the
American College of Surgeons, and its accompanying textbook, Advanced Trauma Life …

Traumatic spine and spinal cord injury (SCI) occurred in roughly 17,000 US citizens in 2016,
with an estimated prevalence of approximately 280,000 injured persons. 1 Although the …

Aim To develop a systematic review on the prevalence and the incidence of pressure
ulcers/injuries in adult patients in hospital emergency services. Materials and methods …

BACKGROUND With the use of the framework advocated by the Grading of
Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Working Group, our …

The management of injuries to the neck that penetrate the platysma is dependent on the
anatomic level of injury. The neck has been divided into threes zones. Zone I, including the …

Developed populations are ageing rapidly and by 2040, approximately 1 in 4 adults will be
over 65 years of age. This is resulting in higher incidence of traumatic injury in older …

Of all patients in a hospital environment, trauma patients may be particularly at risk for
developing (device‐related) pressure ulcers (PU s), because of their traumatic injuries …

Patients who suffer from ulcers often experience pain of sufficient severity to reduce their
quality of life. The aim of this review article is to collect, analyze and qualitatively …

Objectives To describe the occurrence and severity of pressure ulcers, indentation marks
and pain from the extrication collar combined with headblocks. Furthermore, the influence of …

Background Spinal immobilisation of blunt trauma victims with potential spinal cord injury is
considered standard of care. The traditional management has, however, been increasingly …