Welcome to Vehicle Trauma

This page contains specialist lecture notes on Road Traffic Accidents from the UK. These have been classified into topics below:-

 

Please see disclaimer... If you would like to contribute to this resource then please e-mail us your article or pictures. This educational resource is currently under development:-

 

Topics

• Approaching an Accident
• Glasgow coma scale
• 'Golden Hour'
• Handovers at the scene
• Head-On Collisions
• Helicopter Support
• Importance - Airway vs. Cervical spine
• Management of Major Incidents
• Personal Safety
• Rear-End Collisions
• Types of vehicle Collisions

 

Useful Websites

• Emergency medicine – Cyber School      www.mssm.edu/emergmed/cschool.htm

• Emergency department     http://www.erstat.com/#emergency

• Emergency medicine on-line medical reference    www.emedicine.com

• Trauma     www.trauma.org

 

 

 

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