Duration
45-60 minutes.
Group size
4-6 participants (or team composition applicable to local area).
Target audience
Emergency medical and nursing clinicians.
Description
This resource kit provides healthcare workers with the knowledge and skills to manage a patient with an open book pelvic injury who is a transient responder following a traumatic incident.
Learning objectives
- Perform a focussed clinical examination to assess a patient with a major pelvic injury.
- Identify types of pelvic injury that are associated with vascular injury and bleeding.
- Perform bedside interventions to aid haemorrhage management.
- Demonstrate early targeted management to definitive care.
