Trauma and burns guidelines

General trauma

• NICE trauma guidelines 2016. (and Comment from St.Emlyn’s.)
• NHS guidelines for major incidents and mass casualty events 2018

Head injury

• Triage, assessment, investigation and early management of head injury in infants, children and adults  (NICE 2014)
• Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, 3rd edition (BTF  2007)
• Early Indicators of Prognosis in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (BTF 2007)
• Early management of patients with a head injury (SIGN 2009)
• Brain trauma foundation updated guidelines 2016

Thoracic injury

• Blunt Thoracic Trauma (BTT), Pain Management (EAST 2005)
• Management of pulmonary contusion and flail chest (EAST 2012)
• Prehospital management of chest injury, consensus statement from RCSEd (2016)

Abdominal injury

• Critical Issues in the Evaluation of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Acute Blunt Abdominal Trauma (ACEP 2011)

Spinal injury

• Guidelines for the Management of Acute Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries
• Early acute management in adults with spinal cord injury (American consortium for spinal cord medicine 2008)

Burns

• UK National burn care review
• American Burn Association consensus conference to define sepsis and infection in burns. (2007)
• American burn association guidelines 2008
• South East England burn referral guideline 2010
• National Burn Care Referral Guidance 2012
• European burn guidelines (EBA 2013)
• ESPEN endorsed recommendations: Nutritional therapy in major burns (2013)
• NHS standard contract for specialised burn care (Schedule 2 – 2013)
• ISBI practice guidelines for burn care 2016

Bleeding

• European trauma haemorrhage guidelines 2013
  
• Massive haemorrhage guidelines AAGBI 2010
• The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: fifth edition (Pan-European Taskforce 2019)

 Mass casulaty

• Guidelines for field triage of injured patients (US national expert panel 2011)
• NHS Guidelines on Major Incident and Mass Casualty Events 2018