Articles: trauma.
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MRHT is the regional trauma service for the Midlands, providing 24/7 orthopaedic cover. 'Out of hours' surgery is reserved for those occasions where waiting for the next operating list during normal working hours would result in an unacceptable outcome for the patient. ⋯ Surgery out of hours has been associated with increased complications, and so decisions to perform emergency surgery should not be made lightly. However, sometimes they are unfortunately necessary and are some of the most important operations we can perform as orthopaedic surgeons.
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Multicenter Study
Association between out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and survival in paediatric traumatic population: results from the French national registry.
Trauma is an important cause of paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with a high mortality rate. ⋯ In this post-hoc analysis, paediatric traumatic OHCA was associated with a lower survival rate than medical cardiac arrest.