Weblinks

Chapter 19: Trauma in Children

Journal article

https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468(19)30049-1/fulltext (paid)

Meta-analysis on the conservative management of blunt abdominal trauma and suggestion of practice guidelines.

Websites

https://www.teleflex.com/usa/en/clinical-resources/ez-io/index/

Website with training videos and images for the insertion of intraosseous access, including needle selection in children.

https://trauma.reach.vic.gov.au/guidelines/paediatric-trauma/key-messages

Australian guideline with suggestions for an approach to paediatric trauma.

Guidelines

https://www.tarn.ac.uk/content/downloads/3572/Severe%20Injury%20in%20Children%202017-2018.pdf

The paediatric arm of the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARNlet) publication on the types of injury, severity of injury and outcome of paediatric major trauma in the UK. Gives an overview of likely injuries you may come across in practice.

https://www.rcr.ac.uk/sites/default/files/publication/BFCR%2814%298_paeds_trauma.pdf

Guideline produced by the UK Royal College of Radiologists for the use of imaging in paediatric trauma patients.

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