Pelvic Trauma

Major pelvic injury occurs in up to 9% of blunt trauma presentations. It is complicated by significant other organ injury in 20% of patients who are multiply injured following high velocity trauma (Biffl et al. 2001).

Hemorrhage is a major life threat with pelvic trauma and occurs due to disruption of the arterial or venous system, or due to bleeding from the disrupted cancellous bone. Mortality remains high for those patients with haemodynamic and mechanical pelvic instability despite intervention (Eastridge et al. 2002), (White et al. 2008).

Management may include the use of pelvic binders, haemostatic resuscitation, surgical and interventional radiological haemorrhage control techniques (White et al. 2008), (Coccolini et al. 2017).

Training resource kits

Each kit is a collection of tools and resources to guide the effective delivery of a trauma education event. The kits are designed for use in any Queensland Health facility and can be modified by the facilitator to the needs of the learner, as well as the environment in which the education is being delivered.

Immersive scenario

Haemodynamically unstable pelvic trauma

This resource kit provides healthcare workers with the knowledge and skills to manage a patient with an open book pelvic injury who is haemodynamically unstable following a traumatic incident.

Duration: 45-60 minutes.

Haemodynamic transient responder pelvic trauma

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.

Duration: 45-60 minutes.

Case discussion

Assessment of pelvic injury

This resource kit provides healthcare workers with knowledge of the clinical assessment and specific investigations required to identify and manage a patient suffering suspected pelvic trauma.

Duration: 45-60 minutes

Help us make these training resource kits better - complete our short survey or contact us with any feedback.

Other resources

Other resources and tools on the topic of pelvic trauma.

Videos

Pelvic binder placement and positioning - Clinical Skills Development Service

Clinical resources

WSES pelvic injuries classification - World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Primary Clinical Care Manual (10th Edition) - Fractured pelvis p.190 - Queensland Health

Orthobullets (orthopaedic educational resource) - Orthobullets

Flowcharts

Pelvic trauma management algorithm - World Journal of Emergency Surgery