Burns, Blasts, and Extremity Compartment Syndrome

This week's episode is co-hosted by Ben Finlay.
We cover a wide range of topics including:

Burns
- initial resuscitation including the parkland formula
- assessment of depth and extent of burns (rule of nines
- burns management
- frostbite

Blast injuries
- pathophysiology
- management

Extremity compartment syndrome and how to perform fasciotomy

The blast injury talk Ben mentioned was from the recent GSA trainees day and is accessible for general surgical trainees through the GSA website. Go to 'educational webcasts', '2021 Virtual: Trauma and Critical Care', and the Session 5 talk is by Kyle Bender on Blast Injuries.

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