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Trauma Systems Around the World

Trauma system development in middle- and low-income countries has been a slow process, but progress is being made. Check out this article for an overview of the state of trauma care and trauma systems in China, Russia, and South Africa.

Zhou J, Wang T, Belenkiy I, Hardcastle TC, Rouby JJ, Jiang B. Management of severe trauma worldwide: implementation of trauma systems in emerging countries: China, Russia and South Africa. Crit Care. 2021;25(1):286.

Trauma Happenings

HEADS UP!

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have created a free online training program for healthcare providers that includes evidence-based recommendations for mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) diagnosis and management. Click this link before more webpages suddenly and inexplicably disappear from the CDC's website. 

What's the Difference Between the US and UK Quizzes and Crossword Puzzles? PART 4

A fourth key distinction between American English (AE) and British English (BE) is what healthcare workers are called. For example, in AE, a Medic is a Paramedic, but in BE, a Medic is a physician. In the US, we have Physical Therapists, but in the UK (and many other places), they are known as Physiotherapists, and the roles are not entirely the same. There are no Respiratory Therapists in the UK, but this role is addressed by some physiotherapists (or "Physios"). In BE, a nurse may be called a Sister, and surgeons are usually addressed as Mister or Miss, rather than Doctor. In the US, a Registar is a trauma registry (database) professional, but in the UK, a Registrar is roughly the equivalent of a US Senior Resident, and the title Consultant is similar to a US Attending Physician. Newly minted MDs are freely referred to as Junior Doctors. Got it?

You can reveal a letter or the entire word if you get stuck

What's the difference between an x-ray and a radiograph?

The terms X-ray and Radiograph (or Radiogram) are often used interchangeably, but technically, they refer to two different things. An X-ray is an invisible BEAM that is generated by an X-ray machine. Think of it like the light coming from a flashlight; the X-ray beam is the energy being emitted. A Radiograph--on the other hand--is the IMAGE created when X-rays pass through the body and are captured on film, a digital sensor, or other media. This image is frequently (but mistakenly) called an "X-ray," but technically, the picture is a radiograph. We can send patients to get X-rayed, but what we look at afterward is a Radiograph.
 

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