Trauma

"15 Second Triage Tool," JEMS - using capnography for the rapid assessment and triage of critically injured patients and victims of chemical terrorism.
Emergent Management of Trauma
Prehospital Trauma Life Support
Trauma.org - provides education resources for professionals in trauma and critical care, including procedure articles and an image bank.

Trauma Systems

Compensated or Non-progressive

Decompensated or Progressive

Irreversible

"EMS Best Practices: Myths and Realities of Spinal Immobilization," EMS Magazine
Guidelines for Prehospital Management of Traumatic Brain Injury (PDF), Brain Trauma Foundation - developed through a grant provided by NHTSA (this resource is also available on CD).
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
The Whole Brain Atlas, Harvard University Medical School - a collection of MRI images and movies comparing a normal brain to several disease processes.
"Pre-hospital Cervical Spinal Immobilization Following Trauma" (PDF), American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons - this chapter of the Guidelines for Management of Acute Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries examines pre-hospital immobilization practices and rationales.
Spinal Cord 101, The Spinal Cord Injury Resource Center - covers basic anatomy, injuries and complications of spinal cord injury.
"To Immobilize or Not Immobilize: That Is the Question," EMS Magazine
The Vertebral Column - interactive lesson.

"Breaking Bones," EMS Magazine - prehospital hip fracture assessment and treatment.
"Traumatic Amputations," EMS Magazine - how EMS providers can manage amputations in the field.

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Updated 06.24.04