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News items on 'Trauma'
Antibody 'fixes internal bleeds'
(BBC 26/10/2009)
Scientists say they have discovered an antibody that could minimise the major internal bleeding seen in traumas like bullet wounds and car crashes. The team at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) has discovered that a protein called histone is responsible for much of the damage. They say they have found a specific type of antibody that can block the ability of histone to cause damage. They say it could lead to new ways to treat diseases and serious injuries.
War torn
(BBC 23/09/2009)
The BBC has been given rare access to the military hospital at Selly Oak, Birmingham, and followed two gravely-injured servicemen from the Afghanistan frontline to treatment in the UK. When we visit, the military-managed ward is spotless and humming with calm activity. Almost every bed is occupied, several with soldiers who have suffered multiple amputations as well as severe burns or facial injuries. Some lie bandaged and motionless, while others chat or listen to the radio.
(BBC 12/05/2009)
On the first anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake, the BBC's Quentin Sommerville travels to Dujiangyan to check on the recovery of a boy injured when his school collapsed. A year ago, seven-year-old Liang Cheng Yu lay in terrible pain in a hospital bed. He was in pretty bad shape, his school had collapsed on top of him. His doctors were considering amputating both his legs.
Doctors save speared Indian boy
(BBC 13/03/2009)
A six-year-old Indian boy is recovering after doctors removed a two metre (6ft) iron rod that speared his body when he fell from a terrace. Mehul Kumar was rushed to hospital in the city of Ranchi in Jharkhand after the incident on Wednesday. Doctors at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences removed the rod in a four-hour operation.
Knife hospital admissions down 8%
(BBC 12/03/2009)
The number of people being admitted to hospitals in England as a result of knife injuries fell by 8% in 2008, National Health Service figures show. Numbers fell from 5,350 in 2007 to 4,899 last year. The figures also reveal that compared with the previous year, there was a 14% fall in the number of teenagers admitted to hospital with stab wounds.
Praise for military trauma care
(BBC 02/03/2009)
The treatment of British troops wounded on the front line is so good that NHS emergency departments should learn from it, a watchdog has said. The Healthcare Commission's review of services for the Surgeon General rated trauma care as "exceptional" and rehabilitation services as "excellent". It said there were valuable lessons for the NHS, especially in team work.
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Trauma: Is this the future of casualty departments?
(The Independent 24/02/2009)
The Royal London Hospital has one of the most advanced and successful trauma units in Britain. Jeremy Laurance spends a day on the front line.
Gaza Medics Face War's Carnage Daily
(World health - EU Monitor 10/01/2009)
The medics who brave Israel's assault on Gaza have come under fire from tanks and faced days-long delays in getting to the scene of attacks, sometimes finding animals gnawing at corpses when they finally reach the dead and wounded.
Speed machines
(BBC 08/10/2008)
When it comes to trauma care, speed is of the essence. The Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Service can reach any part of the region within 20 minutes. And once a patient is stabilised, the crew can transport them to one of London's major trauma centres three times quicker than a road ambulance can. But what sets the service apart is that its helicopters are always staffed by doctors.
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