Investment in online self-evaluation tests: A theoretical approach

Large-scale traumatic events may burden any affected public health system with consequential charges. One major post-disaster, expense factor emerges form early psychological interventions and subsequent, post...

Authors: Francesco de Gara, William T Gallo, Jonathan I Bisson, Jerome Endrass and Stefan Vetter

'Damage control orthopaedics' in patients with delayed referral to a tertiary care center: experience from a place where Composite Trauma Centers do not exist

Management of orthopaedic injuries in polytrauma cases continues to challenge the orthopaedic traumatologist. Mass disasters compound this challenge further due to delayed referral. Recently there has been inc...

Authors: Shabir Ahmed Dhar, Masood Iqbal Bhat, Ajaz Mustafa, Mohammed Ramzan Mir, Mohammed Farooq Butt, Manzoor Ahmed Halwai, Amin Tabish, Murtaza Asif Ali and Arshiya Hamid

The beneficial effects of inhaled nitric oxide in patients with severe traumatic brain injury complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome: a hypothesis

The Iraq war has vividly brought the problem of traumatic brain injury to the foreground. The costs of death and morbidity in lost wages, lost taxes, and rehabilitative costs, let alone the emotional costs, ar...

Authors: Thomas J Papadimos

Complex proximal femoral fractures in the elderly managed by reconstruction nailing – complications & outcomes: a retrospective analysis

Unstable proximal femoral fractures and pathological lesions involving the trochanteric region in the elderly comprise an increasing workload for the trauma surgeon as the ageing population increases. This stu...

Authors: Ulfin Rethnam, James Cordell-Smith, Thirumoolanathan M Kumar and Amit Sinha

Specialisation of spinal services: consequences for cervical trauma management in the district hospital

Specialisation in spinal services has lead to a low threshold for referral of cervical spine injuries from district general hospitals. We aim to assess the capability of a district general hospital in providin...

Authors: Ulfin Rethnam, James Cordell-Smith and Amit Sinha

Sledding injuries: is safety in this winter pastime overlooked? A three-year survey in South-Tyrol

Sledding is a popular traditional pastime in northern countries. However it is only rarely thought as a potentially dangerous activity even though serious injuries and deaths do occur. The purpose of this stud...

Authors: Stefano Corra and Franco De Giorgi

Is mechanism of injury alone in the prehospital setting a predictor of major trauma – a review of the literature

The literature identifying mechanism of injury came to prominence in the mid to late 1980s. The current Victorian prehospital triage guidelines do not necessarily reflect the conditions within the Victorian po...

Authors: Malcolm J Boyle

The floating knee: epidemiology, prognostic indicators & outcome following surgical management

Floating Knee injuries are complex injuries. The type of fractures, soft tissue and associated injuries make this a challenging problem to manage. We present the outcome of these injuries after surgical manage...

Authors: Ulfin Rethnam, Rajam S Yesupalan and Rajagopalan Nair

A geographic information system to study trauma epidemiology in India

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) describe the topography and chronology of events in a defined vector space. GIS may also be used for an integrated analysis of environmental and road-related risk factors f...

Authors: Vaibhav Bagaria and Saurabh Bagaria

Journal of Trauma Management & Outcomes: a new platform for interdisciplinary, outcome-oriented research in trauma

Authors: Axel Ekkernkamp