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CT decisions under pressure — resus teaching station
ACEM OSCE on Canadian CT Head Rule, phase selection, and resuscitating before the scanner.
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Prompt
Minor head injury CT rule, then unstable trauma requesting pan-scan.
Station brief
Format. Teaching/resus hybrid, 11 minutes.
References2ShowHide
- [1]Stiell IG, Wells GA, Vandemheen K, et al. The Canadian CT Head Rule for patients with minor head injury. Lancet, 2001.PMID 11356436
- [2]Brenner DJ, Hall EJ. Computed tomography--an increasing source of radiation exposure. N Engl J Med, 2007.PMID 18046031