Clinical Resources

List of network guidelines:

MTC Clinical Guidelines

Adult & Paediatric Acute Trauma Inter-Hospital Transfer SOP

ARI-RACH MT SPoC SOP v1.2 .pdf

NoS Major Trauma Repatriation Policy.pdf

RACH Head Injury Pathway

Memorandum of Understanding on External Fixators in a Mass Incident with Mass Casualties

Major Trauma Child Protection Triage

Pre-Transfer Stabilisation of the Critically Injured Child

A Guide to Rural Emergency Practitioner Shadowing

Links to other guidelines:

NICE Guidelines relevant to Major Trauma Services

• NG40 Major Trauma Service Delivery
• NG39 Major Trauma: Assessment and Initial Management
• NG41 Spinal Injury Assessment and Initial Management
• NG37 Fractures (Complex) Assessment and Management
• NG38 Fractures (Non-Complex) Assessment and Management
• NG176 Head Injury Assessment and Early Management

The Royal College of Radiologists

• Standards of Practice and Guidance for Trauma Radiology in Severely Injured Patients

European Association for Urology

• Guidelines in Urological Trauma

Brain Trauma Foundation

• Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

British Orthopaedic Association's Standards for Trauma (BOAST Guidelines)

Academic Journal Articles and Useful Websites:

Roberts et al "The CRASH-2 trial: a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of the effects of tranexamic acid on death, vascular occlusive events and transfusion requirement in bleeding trauma patients"

Published by Health Technology Assessment, Volume 17, Issue 10, March 2013

• Wise et al "Emergency Thoracotomy: How To Do It"

Published in Emergency Medicine Journal, 2005, 22: 22-24

• The Care of Burns in Scotland (COBIS) website contains clinical guidelines on the management of burns