General Surgeon | Trauma | Academic Dept of Military Surgery & Trauma / Centre for Trauma Sciences | Decision Making BNs
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Brilliant to work with Will Oakley on this project!
Our now-published systematic review highlights the potential of ML in predicting blood transfusion after injury.
🩸💡
A note on kindness and medicine.
The best doctors I’ve met are exceptional for their kindness first. Competence second.
Today I witnessed the most awful arrogance of a doctor being rude to a member of staff.
Be kind to each other.
After 22 years since stepping into medical school, I'm ecstatic to announce I've completed my surgical training!
So grateful for the inspiration and support along the way, especially from the late Mr. Prakash Sinha,
@nigeltai
and Richard Hargrove.
Now to do something with it!
Now, I know I’m a bit biased but I just bumped into a group of Soldiers sent to support the NHS in the hospital corridor. Their attitude is superb. Keen, cheerful and happy to help. And dare I say it, needed.
@DMS_MilMed
Very excited to be recognised at this level thank you so much. The researh was a huge team effort
@NaTRIC_Research
and
@tela_natric
with >100 collaborators. But I, personally could not have contributed in such a way without the time and funding from
@BritishArmy
thank you.
Major Max Marsden RAMC has won the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma’s 44th Annual Resident’s Research Prize for ‘best clinical research paper’ for his work Trauma Laparotomy in the UK. It is a wonderful achievement for a non-US based surgeon to scoop this prize.
🧵 How do you decide which trauma patient needs a blood transfusion? Seems straight forward? That’s the question we put to 10 expert pre-hospital care doctors. The answers were fascinating. 1/7
Fancy doing a PhD in trauma & combat care?
There are 2 *funded* PhDs
@CommsC4TS
, with
@nigeltai
and
@ZBPerkins
.
Working on the development and application of machine learning.
It's open to all doctors post FY2 + postgrad exam with interest in trauma.
Just delighted for Professor Tai. He is so modest and fully deserving of every accolade. An awesome surgeon, educator and researcher. Brilliant news.
@DMS_MilMed
Many congratulations to my friend and colleague Colonel Nigel Tai on his appointment to Chair at Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London. Congratulations Professor Tai!
This was an awesome experience. Great honour to fly the flag for
@NaTRIC_Research
and hugely grateful to the RCS and the
@tela_natric
collaborators for the opportunity.
Please come and join us for the next trauma studies being launched shortly... open to all
RCS England Member,
@MaxMarsden83
is the first UK winner of
@AmCollSurgeons
Residents Trauma Papers Competition. Max tells us about his research,
@NaTRIC_Research
, and the competition in our new blog:
Feeling inspired? Applications are open for 2022!
We looked at everyone that got TXA after injury in London and Nottingham. The patients who got TXA before they arrived in hospital had half the interval from injury to drug than those that waited to hospital admission. Earlier means more beneficial. 1/2
After all isn’t kindness and compassion what inspired us into healthcare?
You can make someone feel better about themselves with simple kindness and manners.
Great competition
@ACSTrauma
last night. The win was just so unexpected. I couldn’t be prouder of our team effort. So many colleagues and friends forming
@tela_natric
and
@NaTRIC_Research
made this happen 🙏
Impossible without brilliant mentorship
@CommsC4TS
More to come...
1/2 Just recruited the 1st participant into "EmPHATTIC". This study compares a
#MachineLearning
algorithm with clinicians. The aim is to assess the potential to augment decisions in pre-hospital trauma. Very grateful for the support of
@LDNairamb
and
@airambulancekss
...
Our paper on the need to study fibrinogen replacement in trauma patients, and the evidence base behind choosing cryoprecipitate for the Cryostat-2 trial is in print in the BJA this month. Here's a link to the full paper.
@rossdavenport
How should we approach REBOA now?
Especially, in the UK after the UK-REBOA Trial?
We discuss this question and our opinion on the role of REBOA in resuscitation after injury in this publication 1/3
Delighted to present some research on pre-hospital decision making today at the military PHEC conference / Webinar
#MPHECconf20
Some brilliant speakers lined up.
When I first saw this I thought it was very cool. But having just had this next bit pointed out by the incredibly inspirational
@NottFoundation
I now think it’s very very cool.
Today I’m in Milan 🇮🇹 at Niguarda Hospital, talking about prehospital
#REBOA
on behalf of
@robbielendrum
,
@SamySadek8
and
@LDNairamb
. Delighted to be able to share their success, challenges and future research direction.
"It appears that the best way to improve outcomes in bleeding trauma patients is to stop bleeding earlier, resuscitate them with blood products “while” moving rapidly to the hospital."
@TessaRDavis
1) be kind & courteous
2) when you’re important - be kind & courteous
3) when you’re stressed - be kind & be courteous
Never belittle others.
Remember there’s almost always a patient at the centre of what you’re doing.
From a trainee in his (late) 30s.
At the future surgery conference
#fs21
listening to Ross Fisher discuss Kintsugi - the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with Gold. How to rebuild after medical error. So many great ideas - errors are ubiquitous and not indicative. Bottom line - look after each other.
I’m absolutely blown away by this review from
@stemlyns
As a long time fan of the site it’s unbelievable to see our work discussed so enthusiastically. Hugely grateful.
#DecisionMaking
Really looking forward to discussing the foundations of decision support this morning at the UK’s Major Haemorrhage Meeting.
And thrilled to see, after a very long time of listening, our paper has been covered by the excellent resusroom podcast. Highly recommended!
March ‘24 Papers Podcast
•Manual vs mechanical ventilation in cardiac arrest, an RCT
•CSF drainage in aneurysmal SAH, an RCT
•Decision making in prehospital trauma & blood administration
#FOAMed
My interview study of expert pre-hospital clinicians in the key decision points in blood transfusion and trauma induced coagulopathy is nearly done. Thanks to the kind experts at
@airambulancekss
&
@IofPHC
for answering all my questions.
@CommsC4TS
This is my favourite extract.
As a collaboration of computer scientists and trauma clinicians, we developed a model to see how accurately we could predict coagulopathy. The results have just been published in the
@AnnalsofSurgery
Outcomes following trauma laparotomy for hypotensive trauma patients: a UK military and civilian perspective. Just published: . TL,DR: No improvement with damage control laparotomy in military or civilian hypotensive trauma patients overtime.
47 patients entered in the first month of TELA. This is a fantastic start, especially considering January is traditionally a quieter month! If we continue at this rate we will have a really meaningful oversight of DCR in the UK. Thank you everyone involved!!!
Busy and really rewarding week in the hospital capped off today by
@DocPads
flying in a patient and in doing so demonstrating what an awesome Dr he is. Absolutely first class pre-hospital care. Couldn’t help but snap the selfie.
#teamarmy
@DMS_MilMed
We made a thing.
With a very patient Prof Jansen.
@janjansenuk
We discussed the UK REBOA Trial. 🎈
🎙️ 20 min podcast 🎙️
Would be great to get your thoughts 💭
Should we make more?
Massive thanks to all the trauma speakers today who gave up their time to prepare candidates for the FRCS exam. 4 brilliant talks.
@KateHancorn
@duncanbew
@phillpearce
@ZBPerkins
delivered an incredible analysis of >600 pre-hospital thoracotomies from London’s Air Ambulance
#LTC2022
Time is key and differentiate between cause of TCA. Exsanguination v poor outcomes. ECG and organised cardiac active key to prognostication
A couple of big announcements in our house over the last few days. First of two - Sylvia (aged 4) made her first sculpture. Imagined out of snow - we present her rabbits Paxton and Pibberly
THIS WEEK!!!!
Excitingly, we have Max Marsden (
@MaxMarsden83
) talking about:-
'Decision Making in the Bleeding Patient - a Study of Pre-Hospital Experts'
Definitely one not to miss!
Thursday, 12.30pm.
Link below:-
Thank you
@ICSMSurgicalSoc
a real privilege to share the virtual stage with such an amazing group of trauma thought leaders.
Sad to miss the in person interactions this year. Looking forward to the next opportunity.
Very smart scheduling at
#evtm
first session on day 2 - playing all the big hits - permissive hypotension, big C before A, and pre-hospital strategy. (Oh and TXA!!) Definitely worth getting out of bed for!
@traumakhan
@ResusOne
@talherer
@CarlosYanezCiru
@theblitzdefence
Halfpenny is beaten for the ball by the skill of the player in the air. He changes from trying to catch the ball to taking the player in the air. Penalty. No issue for me.
If you wanted to see how this model works for yourself the model is available to use at . We believe that prediction coagulopathy risk quantification will support early, accurate, and efficient activation of haemostatic resuscitation protocols.
@TopKniFe_B
Don’t stay and play if the surgeon is in the same building. Sure, I think that’s clear from the UK REBOA trial.
If you’re bleeding to death outside the hospital, >x time from the OR, I don’t think the trial says scoop and run. I think that’s a different trial.
6 months ago NaTRIC didn’t exist. Now, due to an amazing Collaborative effort, we have all 23 MTCs in England signed up and lots more centre across England, Wales and Scotland. Nearly 100 collaborators. 💪💪
@karimbrohi
@rossdavenport
@richcarden
Our model is a Bayesian Network which fuses knowledge about the causes of trauma induced coagulopathy with data from 600 trauma patients. These patients were all recruited into the
@CommsC4TS
#acit
study.
At an in person surgical conference!
#augis2021
Belfast
Listening to a presentation on leadership from
@AdmTonyRadakin
Key point for me - leadership requires a human connection
Mission command is useful and taking a genuine interest in others is vital. Sense of humour helps!
We are incredibly proud to announce that Mary Seacole Trust Ambassador Martin Griffiths,consultant trauma & vascular surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust & national clinical director for violence reduction for NHS England,has been awarded a CBE
#QueensBirthdayHonours
@martinpgriff
In situ training at
@RoyalLondonHosp
this afternoon. Working through getting the sickest patients, the right treatment, as effectively as possible. Huge thanks to the
@Ldn_Ambulance
guys that came to help out on their break.
@rossdavenport
kicks off the
@NaTRIC_Research
meeting today. NaTRIC exists to push forward the boundaries of collaborative trauma research in the UK.
Really exciting day lined up.
Two survivors following prehospital Blunt thoracotomy in the UK (1 recent patient not included in this paper). So should we continue advocate its use? Difficult dilemmas? Is courageous restraint needed? Should everyone “get a chance”?
Loved talking to the
@tscipp
crowd tonight at
@QMULBartsTheLon
. So impressed with the enthusiasm and questions. Thank you! Can’t wait to see you guys contributing to the program. Who’s going to run
#EmPHATTIC
-2?
@nigeltai
Amazing news!! Brilliant appointment - unbelievably knowledgeable, personable and so so helpful to us newbies learning the ropes. Congratulations Prof Elaine 👏🥳
Our amazing Elaine Cole (
@TraumaEMC
) has just been promoted to full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London
@QMULBartsTheLon
@QMUL
.
All delighted here at the Centre for Trauma Sciences
@CommsC4TS
@TraumaMasters
. Congrats Professor!
Demonstrating potential of REBOA tonight to my military seniors. My understanding of
#REBOA
- conceived w US military
@usairforce
and developed w
@prytimemedical
. Implemented prehospital w
@LDNairamb
. Where I’ve learnt the huge potential of it. 1/2
This is important: The peak time to death after severe truncal injury is within 30 minutes of injury. However ... it currently takes 2.1 hours to achieve definitive truncal hemorrhage control.
@RLHTraumaTREATS
@EMDocJB
@DavidNNaumann
@richcarden
Further analysis from PAMPer suggests pre-hospital transfusion of PRBCs and Plasma improves mortality from trauma. *Crystalloid only* increases risk of death.
Our charity is launching a pioneering new trial that will enable our service to save more lives. From today, we will carry both red cells and plasma in a single bag to give transfusions to patients at risk of bleeding to death before they reach hospital:
Interesting day in theatre today. First time for me using
#ICG
through
@Medtronic
EleVision system with
@ThahaMo
. A system to assess blood flow. Beautiful laparoscopic images.
Does it change decision making though…?
Excited to announce this FREE multi-disciplinary in-person springboard event on 15th March 2022 to launch the next national collaborations in trauma research, and pitch new ideas!
@CommsC4TS
#trauma
#research
#collaboration
Register here:
Three things to avoid on the phone when you need help:
1) generalisations (I’ve always done it this way…)
2) orders (you need to do this now…)
3) exaggerations (they’re dying…)
Sure fire ways to get the conversation off to a bad start.