The Trauma Department has been publishing a newsletter titled "Trauma Grapevine" since February 1996. Below are all of our editions. Click on any to view. Back issues are no longer available, but you can print from this section.

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2005:

March 2005 Vol 3 Issue 11

• Liver Trauma
• Ladder Injuries
• Consensus Definition World Congress on ACS
• Meetings

2004:

June 2004 Vol 3 Issue 10

• Splenic Artery Embolisation
• Letters
• Interfacility Transfer
• Intubation after cervical spine cord injury
• What's New
• Case of the Month
• Meetings

2003:

December 2003 Vol 3 Issue 9

• The Management of Posterior Urethral Injuries
• Post Traumatic Thoracic Air Leaks
• Taruma Care in Developing Countries

October 2003 Vol 3 Issue 8

• Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
• Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
• Meetings

June 2003 Vol 3 Issue 7

• Methylprednisolone for acute spinal cord injury
• Intra-hospital Tarnsport
• What's new in Trauma
• Letter to the editor
• Backchat
• Meetings

2002:

December 2002 Vol 3 Issue 6

• Factor 7a
• Diaphragmatic Injury
• Review of last month's case of the month
• What's new in Trauma
• Backchat
• Meetings

August 2002 Vol 3 Issue 5

• Blunt Carotid Injury
• CXR and Blunt Aortic Injury
• Case of the Month
• What's New in Trauma?
• Maria Seger Scholarship Reviewed
• Meetings
• Poetry in Motion

May 2002 Vol 3 Issue 4

• Recividism in Trauma
• External fixator in trauma; Does it control haemorrhage?
• Follow-up on Case of the Month
• Meetings

2001:

December 2001 Vol 3 Issue 3

• Rectal Injury
• Maria Seger Memorial Lecture
• What's New
• Book Review
• Backchat
• Meetings

July-August 2001 Vol 3 Issue 2

• Better Practice Guidelines: Interhospital transfers
• Case of the Month
• Meetings
• Backchat

April-June 2001 Vol 3 Issue 1

• C Spine Injury
• Blunt Cardiac Injury
• Survey of Quality Trauma Care
• Case of the Month
• Meetings

2000:

December 2000 Vol 2 Issue 7

• Reflection
• Delayed Splenic Rupture
• Airway Care
• Case of the month
• Crossword
• Letter to the Editor
• Meetings

June 2000 Vol 2 Issue 6

• Duodenal and Pancreatic Trauma
• Blood transfusion requirements in critically ill trauma patients
• Case of the month
• What's new in Trauma

March 2000 Vol 2 No 5

• Pulmonary Contusion
• Trauma Crossword
• Case of the month
• What's new in Trauma
• Meetings

1999:

December 1999 Vol 2 Issue 4

• Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
• Severe Brain Injury
• Case of the Month
• What's new in Trauma?
• Backchat

September 1999 Vol 2 Issue 3

• Contents
• Legislation for Trauma Care
• Laparoscopy in Trauma
• What's new in Trauma?
• Case of the Month

July 1999 Vol 2 Issue 2

• Penetrating Abdominal Trauma
• Intubation and Anaesthesia in Trauma (Part 2)
• Case of the Month
• Letters to the Editor

March 1999 Vol 2 Issue 1

• Blunt Aortic Injury
• Intubation and Anaesthesia in Trauma
• Case of the Month
• What's new in Trauma?
• Letters to the Editor

1998:

December 1998 Vol 1 Issue 13

• Hypothermia
• The Trauma Team
• Case of the month
• Practical Issues in Trauma (PIT)
• What's new in Trauma
• Backchat

September 1998 Vol 1 Issue 12

• The Early Management of Open Tibial Fractures
• Trauma in pregnancy
• Lesson from the Trauma Audit
• Update on last month's case
• Practical Issues in Trauma (PIT)
• Letters to the editor
• Backchat

June 1998 Vol 1 Issue 11

• Pelvic Fracture Management
• Inter-hospital Trauma Transfer
• Lesson from the Trauma Audit
• Review of Case of the Month
• Letters to the Editor
• What's New in Trauma
• Backchat

March 1998 Vol 1 Issue 10

• Trauma in the Elderly
• A Mother's Perspective
• Pain Relief for Patients with Significant Head Injuries
• Review of Case of the Month
• Bronchoscopy in Suspected Inhalation Burns

1997:

October 1997 Vol 1 Issue 9

• Interhospital Transfers - Continuing Challenge
• Early decision plan in management of serious head injury
• History of Trauma Services in New Zealand
• What's new in trauma
• Case of the Month
• Guidelines for the use of abdominal CT in Trauma
• Trauma MCQs

June 1997 Vol 1 Issue 8

• Spinal Trauma
• Cycling & Trauma
• Points From The Trauma Audit
• What's New From Around The World
• Letters to the Editor
• Review March "Case Of The Month"

March 1997 Vol 1 Issue 7

• Traumatic Facial Nerve Palsy
• Traction Splints
• Points from Trauma Audit
• Letters to the Editor
• Backchat
• Case of the Month

1996:

December 1996 Vol 1 Issue 6

• When to Amputate a Limb
• Update on Last Month's Case
• Case of the Month
• What's New in Trauma
• Backchat

September 1996 Vol 1 Issue 5

• Introduction
• Case of the Month
• What is new in trauma
• Points from Trauma Audit Meetings
• Letters to the Editor
• Backchat

June 1996 Vol 1 Issue 4

• Firearms and violence in Australia - an overview by Dr. Martin McGee Collett
• Fluid resuscitation in penetrating trauma status quo: Dr. Khaqan Jahangir Janjua
• What's new in trauma?
• Backchat with the latest trauma news from the South West
• Case of the month - reviewing last month's dilemmas and a new case for this month.

May 1996 Vol 1 Issue 3

• An insight to interhospital trauma transfers, including reviews of 2 recent examples of inter-hospital transfer
• Case of the month
• Trauma Tips
• What's new world wide
• Review some of the key recommendations to come from the recent trauma audit meetings.

March 1996 Vol 1 Issue 2

• Review by our two trauma final year medical students from St. George Hospital in London
• Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage (DPL) in pelvic fractures
• Dilemmas raised by last months case
• Review of some of the key recommendations to come from
• recent trauma audit meetings.

February 1996 Vol 1 Issue 1

• Provide an overview of trauma developments in South Western Sydney
• Review interesting cases each month
• Identify challenges and opportunities for improvement
• Maintain an update on the latest in trauma from around the world

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