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Ep 119 Trauma – The First and Last 15 Minutes Part 2

Emergency Medicine Cases

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The Importance of CT Imaging in Trauma

For many patients seen in a non-trauma center, if you suspect intra-abdominal injury based on your focus that you don't need a CT scan. If it's not going to change your management then why are you doing the test? That has to be the underlying principle when ordering tests. There is a sweet spot for axial imaging prior to transfer that can't actually be quite useful.

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