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Indications for Geriatric Consultation In Trauma Patients

Trauma 11. Geriatric Trauma

Purpose Identify criteria for early geriatric consultation and geriatric expertise on the multid...

Updated 3 months ago by Abby Josef

Care of Trauma Patient with Accidental Hypothermia Practice Guidelines

Trauma 9. Thermal Injury

Purpose: The purpose of this practice guideline is to provide guidance and standardize the appr...

Updated 3 months ago by Emily Cantrell

Management of Open Fractures

Trauma 7. Orthopedic Trauma

Purpose Open fractures are high energy injuries that have increased risk of infection due to pot...

Updated 3 months ago by Emily Cantrell

Forensic Examiner Program Nebraska Medicine

Trauma 14. Care of the Trauma Patient

Updated 3 months ago by Ashley Farrens

Percutaneous Tracheostomy Protocol

Trauma 10. Critical Care for Trauma

Purpose To provide guidance on safe practices to perform percutaneous tracheostomy in the operat...

Updated 3 months ago by Emily Cantrell

Thrombolytic Therapy for the Management of Severe Frostbite

Trauma 9. Thermal Injury

Purpose Provide guidance on the administration of thrombolytic therapy (t-PA) for the purpose ...

Updated 3 months ago by Emily Cantrell

Initial Management of Burns

Trauma 9. Thermal Injury

Purpose: Provide a brief overview of the classification of burns, initial resuscitation and mana...

Updated 3 months ago by Emily Cantrell

Guidelines for the Initial Management of Frostbite

Trauma 9. Thermal Injury

Purpose: Provide guidance on the initial evaluation and management of patients sustaining fros...

Updated 3 months ago by Maggie Baumann

Management of Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries (BCVI)

Trauma 8. Vascular Trauma

Management of Blunt Extra – Cranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Injury in Adults (BCVI)   PURP...

Updated 3 months ago by Emily Cantrell

Whole Blood Usage in Trauma

Trauma 2. Initial Management and Resuscitation...

Purpose: The implementation of a whole blood program at Nebraska Medicine is designed to optimiz...

Updated 3 months ago by Emily Cantrell

Early Femoral Arterial Line Placement for Trauma

Trauma 2. Initial Management and Resuscitation...

Purpose Identify patients who would benefit from early femoral arterial access and describe the ...

Updated 3 months ago by Emily Cantrell

Orthopedic Trauma Discharge VTE Prophylaxis

Trauma 7. Orthopedic Trauma

Not Indicated: In general, VTE prophylaxis at discharge is not indicated for the following inj...

Updated 3 months ago by Emily Cantrell

Pharmaceutical Management of Post-TBI Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

Trauma 3. Neurological Trauma

Definitions 1.       Depression: TBI-associated depression is characterized by prolonged, persis...

Updated 3 months ago by Abby Josef

Modified Brain Injury Guidelines (mBIG)

Trauma 3. Neurological Trauma

mBIG guidelines apply only to adult trauma patients (18 yrs and older). Pediatric trauma patients...

Updated 3 months ago by Emily Cantrell

REBOA Instructions

Trauma 2. Initial Management and Resuscitation...

This page is intended to serve as a quick reference for easy access to the REBOA kit instructions...

Updated 3 months ago by Abby Josef

Adult Traumatic Agonal Arrest and Resuscitation

Trauma 2. Initial Management and Resuscitation...

Purpose To outline the procedure for the treatment of the adult traumatic patient with a penetra...

Updated 3 months ago by Emily Cantrell

Hand/Finger Reimplantation

Trauma 7. Orthopedic Trauma

Patients Requiring Hand/Finger Reimplantation   Decision to transfer/divert a patient needing r...

Updated 3 months ago by Charity Evans

Trauma Tertiary Survey

Trauma 1. Trauma Service Overview

A tertiary survey (exam) should be performed on all patients admitted to the trauma service appro...

Updated 3 months ago by Emily Cantrell

Intracranial Hypertension Management Algorithm

Trauma 3. Neurological Trauma

Updated 3 months ago by Emily Cantrell

Management of Traumatic Brain Injury

Trauma 3. Neurological Trauma

Management of Traumatic Brain Injury  This document provides an overview of considerations and g...

Updated 3 months ago by Emily Cantrell