Clinical Challenges in Trauma Surgery: Organ Retrieval to Trauma Survival - Challenging Trauma Steps Made Familiar

It’s 0300 and you encounter a rapidly expanding zone 1 retroperitoneal haematoma. Time to enter “tiger country”. What can you do to make this a more familiar expedition?
• Hosts: Bulleted list of host names, including title, institution, & social media handles if indicated
1. Mr Prashanth Ramaraj. ST5 General Surgery, George Hospital, Western Cape / Southeast Scotland Deanery. @LonTraumaSchool
2. Dr Roisin Kelly. Medical Officer, Emergency Medicine, Sydney, Australia.
3. Mr Max Marsden. Consultant Trauma and UGI Surgeon, Royal London Hospital. @maxmarsden83
4. Mr Christopher Johnston. Consultant Liver Transplant Surgeon and Transplant Surgery Fellowship Lead, Edinburgh Transplant Unit. @cjcjohnston
• Learning objectives: Bulleted list of learning objectives.
A) To understand the rationale for thoracic aortic clamping in resuscitative trauma surgery and how this is performed.
B) To understand how to access the retroperitoneal structures by means of medial visceral rotation and how this is performed.
C) To understand the haemostatic ladder for liver trauma and considerations in hepatic exclusion.
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