Trauma with Dr. Sandy Widder

Dr Sandy Widder is a Trauma Surgeon, Intensivist and overall amazing human being. She works as an associate professor in the departments of critical care and surgery at the University of Alberta, and is the Assistant Zone Director on Integrated Quality Management for the Edmonton zone in Alberta, Canada. She is passionate about Quality Improvement/Patient Safety and somehow finds time for Health administration in her busy schedule. We were lucky to get her on our podcast! 

Join us as she talks about what the general intensivist needs to know about the trauma patient. 

Further reading:

1. ABC assessment: Early prediction of massive transfusion in trauma: simple as ABC (assessment of blood consumption)?  Nunez TC, Voskresensky IV, Dossett LA, Dutton WD, Cotton BA.  J. Trauma.  2009.  Feb 66 (2): 346-52.
2. TXA: Effects of transexamic acid on death, vascular occlusive events, and blood transfusion in trauma patients with significant hemorrhage (CRASH-2): a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.  Lancet.  2010.  376: 23-32.
3. Fibrinogen: Reversal of trauma-induced coagulopathy using first-line coagulation factor concentrates or fresh frozen plasma (RETIC): a single-centre, parallel-group, open label, randomized trial.  Innerhofer P, Fries D, Mittermayer M, Innerhofer N, von Langen D, Hell T et al.  Lancet Haematology.  2017.  4 (6): 258-271.
4. Stop the bleed:  www.stopthebleed.org
5. VTE Prophylaxis: Updated guidelines to reduce venous thromboembolism in trauma patients: a Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm.  Let EJ, Brown C, Moore E, et al.  The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.  2020.  89 (5): 971-981.
6. Geriatric trauma: ACS TQIP Geriatric Trauma Management Guidelines.  HTTPS:\\www.facs.org/media/314or1oq/geriatric_guidelines.pdf
7. Rib fractures: Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions in Trauma: Management of rib fractures.  Brasel KJ, Moore E, Albrecht RA et al.  2017.   Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.  82 (1): 200 - 203.