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Why Do Head Injuries Bleed so Much?

Bleeding occurs when trauma damages a blood vessel. When that trauma involves your head—whether the scalp, skull, or brain—it’s considered a head injury. These head injuries range in severity from a ...

Freeze-dried synthetic platelets could save lives on the battlefield and eventually in your backyard

A new synthetic platelet, small enough to fit in your pocket, might soon save lives at car crash scenes and battlefields.
Nature

Prevalence, characteristics and treatment of concomitant injury to liver and spleen with vascular injury after blunt abdominal trauma

Trauma is a common cause of death in Europe, especially in the younger population. In Sweden, 3.5% of all deaths in 2022 were trauma related 1. Deaths due to falls represented most of these deaths in ...
Phys.org

Beating and bleeding dummy hearts to train surgeons for emergency trauma injuries

Graphic warning: This story contains images of realistic-looking fake open-heart surgery. Surgeons will now be able to practice emergency operations for knife and gunshot wounds to the heart thanks to ...
Nature

Diagnostic performance of S100B assay for intracranial hemorrhage detection in patients with mild traumatic brain injury under antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy

The sampling of S100B protein has been proposed as a screening tool to identify patients with a low risk of post-traumatic intracranial hemorrhage. Its performance for patients on antiplatelet agents ...
Renal & Urology News

Elevated INR in Older Adults on Warfarin May Not Be Tied to Risk for Brain Bleeding After Head Trauma

Authors say findings warrant re-examining approach to managing anticoagulation in older adults. (HealthDay News) — Having a supratherapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) while taking warfarin ...
UUHC Health Feed

U of U Health and Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital Join Trauma Study to Investigate Treatment Strategies for Children Who Are Bleeding to Death

Bleeding is the most common cause of preventable death after injury. Researchers at University of Utah Health and Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital are asking for community input on whether ...
Healio

Q&A: Traumagel offers plant-based solution in bleeding control

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Syringe delivery of Traumagel allows first responders precise application into hard-to-reach wound areas. When ...
Austin American-Statesman

Know how to stop bleeding or perform CPR in traumatic event

If you witness a trauma like what happened at the Sixth Street shooting, would you know how to help someone who is bleeding or is not breathing? CPR and Stop the Bleed classes can anyone train for ...
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Shreyas Iyer injury: Low body vitals, hospitalisation, controlling bleeding and ICU exit — how the Sydney scare unfolded

India cricketer Shreyas Iyer is now stable after a frightening on-field injury during the third ODI against Australia in Sydney on Saturday that led to internal bleeding and emergency ICU care. Go ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Elevated INR in Older Adults on Warfarin May Not Be Tied to Risk for Brain Bleeding After Trauma

Authors say findings warrant re-examining approach to managing anticoagulation in older adults. HealthDay News — Having a supratherapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) while taking warfarin ...