Pelvic Trauma

About the podcast

In this edition of ThePTN’s podcast, Lt Col Scott Adams talks us through pelvic injuries. He discusses how mechanism of injury helps us understand damage patterns and the function of the pelvic binder. We gain insight into the risks and benefits of binders, when to remove it and importantly when to keep it on!

Through the entire podcast Lt Col Adams reminds us to appreciate the differentiation between the (haemodynamically) unstable patient and the unstable pelvis, giving us clear management options for each case.

Don’t forget to have a listen to the podcast on open fractures with Juliana Hughes and Clare Taylor and our Haemorrhage podcast with Ash Lowther and Tim Nutbeam.

Pelvic trauma – ThePTN podcast

Lt Col Scott Adams talks us through pelvic injuries, discussing how mechanism of injury helps us understand damage patterns and the function of the pelvic binder. We gain insight into the risks and benefits of the pelvic binder, when to remove it and importantly when to keep it on! Through the entire podcast Lt Col Adams reminds us to appreciate the unstable patient vs. the unstable pelvis.

Learning areas covered in this podcast:

The immediate management of catastrophic haemorrhage:

• The nurse/AHP is competent in the application of pelvic binder

Circulation and haemorrhage control:

• Has a basic understanding of the five principal sites of traumatic haemorrhage: pelvis
• Can describe and recognise the clinical signs of shock in the context of trauma and is able to list the different types of shock relevant to the trauma patient
• Has an awareness of the basic principles of damage control surgery