Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)

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PHTLS (Prehospital Trauma Life Support) is an educational course and text designed to provide educational opportunities to prehospital providers around the world. This program is active in 40 countries, and the textbook is published in eight languages. The purpose of this podcast is to provide information and discussion on a variety of topics related to prehospital care and PHTLS. Podcasts may be in the form of topical lectures or reviews of the literature or journals. PHTLS is a committee of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. www.phtls.org
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Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS): Crush Syndrome: complication of earthquakes and cave-ins

Crush Syndrome: complication of earthquakes and cave-ins

Posted by Jeffrey Guy MD EMT-P FACS at 8/19/2007 8:07 PM and is filed under uncategorized

Given the recent events of the mine cave-in in Utah and the earthquake in Peru, it is an appropirate opportunity to review crush syndrome.

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10/14/2007 6:09 PM JJ wrote:
Thank You. Good presentation, I think you drove home the point of fluid resuscitation in rhabdomyolysis. The rescuer has a clear picture if what to do from initial assessment of pt to eventual transfer to trauma center with dialysis availability.
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