About the Course

In this section, we look at the incidence and pathophysiology of chest injuries. We then drill down into each type of chest injury and look at the optimal pre-hospital critical care management. We also examine the pitfalls of treatment to give a balanced understanding of each intervention. 

We then examine the epidemiology and pathophysiology of head injuries within pre-hospital care. We progress to look at types of brain Injury together with scoring systems and the limitations of these. We then explore the practical and pharmacological strategies to manage these patients. We finally look at some tips and tricks with chest and head injury management to optimally manage this difficult subset of patients.

About the Organisation

World Extreme Medicine

World Extreme Medicine (formerly Expedition & Wilderness Medicine) is the world’s leading provider of expedition, wilderness and remote medicine training courses for medical professionals.WEM was born out of expeditions over 20 years ago, while we have changed and grown, we continue to lead the way in outstanding and inspirational training. Alongside exciting training we also offer extensive consultancy and medical support for projects across the globe. If you have a project you’d like help with please get in touch HERE.

Course Curriculum

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    New Chapter

    • 4.0 intro chest and head injuries

    • 4.1 chest trauma - objectives

    • 4.2 pulmonary pleurae

    • 4.3 questions to ask yourself

    • 4.4 physical examination tips

    • 4.5 physical assessment cont.

    • 4.6 twelve flaps

    • 4.7 broken ribs

    • 4.8 flail segment

    • 4.9 pulmonary contusion

    • 4.10 primary spontaneous pneumothorax

    • 4.11 tension pneumothorax

    • 4.12 tension pneumothorax x-ray

    • 4.13 commonly quoted signs

    • 4.15 needle thoracocentesis

    • 4.16 needle chest decompression

    • 4.17 wounds between neck and umbilicus

    • 4.18 hypoxia

    • 4.19 tube thoracocentesis

    • 4.20 simple thoracostomy

    • 4.21 prehospital finger thoracostomy

    • 4.22 clinical decisions

    • 4.23 gcs

    • 4.24 avpu scale

    • 4.25 variety of pathology

    • 4.26 extradural haematoma

    • 4.27 collection of blood

    • 4.28 cerebral contusion

    • 4.29 diffuse axonal injury

    • 4.30 penetrating brain injury

    • 4.31 management goals

    • 4.32 brain herniation

    • 4.35 summary

    • 4.34 tricks-of-the-trade

    • 4.33 sequential airway