Trauma

The Assessment of the trauma patient page has been updated with some additional information about assessing for medical conditions and substance use in trauma patients.

The segment on myoglobinuria on the Crush injury page has been revised and expanded.

A short segment on myoglobin has been added to the Crush injury page.

The Assessment of abdominal trauma page has been updated with additional information about eFAST.

The Subcutaneous foreign bodies page has been updated with additional information about US guided FB removal.

The Epidemiology of trauma page has been updated with more recent information about road death trends.

The Epidemiology of trauma page has been updated with more recent trauma death rates by mechanism.

The Assessment of the trauma patient page has been updated with additional information about risk factors for serious trauma.

The Penetrating trauma to the limbs page has had a number of significant updates.

Key points have been added to the Non gunshot penetrating trauma page.

The Non gunshot penetrating trauma page has had a number of minor updates.

Key points have been added to the Hanging page

The Hanging page has been revised and updated.

The Burns page has been updated with some additional information about IV fluids following burns

The Spinal cord injury page has had some minor additions and wording improvements.

The Spinal cord injury page has been updated with additional information about muscle tone and reflexes following spinal cord injury.