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Podcast: Pre-Hospital Care Podcast
Episode: Trauma Series Part 3: Head Trauma with Mark Wilson
Description: Part 3 in the Trauma Series:
In this session, consultant neurosurgeon Mark Wilson discusses the fundamentals of head injury, focusing on brain injury, primary and secondary injury, venous drainage, and optimising pre-hospital management. Mark, a specialist in acute brain injury at Imperial College and an Air Ambulance doctor, shares insights from his extensive experience, including work overseas and co-founding GoodSAM, an emergency alert platform. The episode covers TBI vs. NTBI pathology, the accuracy of pre-hospital diagnoses, the role of doctor/paramedic teams, pre-hospital anaesthesia, and the importance of early intervention. Mark also shares a seminal case and key...