urgent care

Innovations in preoperative control of exsanguination in major trauma

The commonest and most immediate setting of trauma-related mortality is the scene of the incident. Pfeifer et al's (2019) systematic review of more than 7000 trauma deaths found up to 47.6% of these...

Advanced prehospital stroke triage in the era of mechanical thrombectomy

Representing a significantly different vision for prehospital LVO stroke identification, two research articles were published in mid-2018 that present a paradigm shift in the assessment of these...

Recipe for success: baking in Boston strong-observations on Boston's success

The response to the 15 April, 2013 Marathon Bombing was not a fortunate event. Nor were the stars just perfectly aligned for a lucky response. In fact, the foundation of a successful response is built...