Clinical Instructor University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Session Description: You get a call coming in for a trauma. You are prepped and ready to go. Ultrasound is there, all your tools, you are ready to rock. But wait! He’s not 90, he’s 9…are you still doing that FAST? Giving tranexamic acid? What about resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta or a thoracotomy? This session will examine the evidence for these interventions in the pediatric population.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss applicability of interventions in critical trauma to the pediatric population
Examine available evidence for those interventions
Discuss applicability of interventions in critical trauma to the pediatric population