T-pod for haemorrhagic control in Pelvic Trauma
- Report By: David Clarke - St5 In Emergency Medicine
- Search checked by Michael Stewart - St7 in Emergency Medicine
- Institution: Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, UK and Royal Manchester Children\'s Hospital, Manchester, UK
- Date Submitted: 4th March 2013
- Last Modified: 4th March 2013
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Status:
Yellow (Internal BestBET edit)
Three Part Question
In [trauma patients with unstable pelvic fractures] is [pelvic immobilisation with a T-POD or pelvic immobilisation with a wrapped sheet] better [at haemorrhage control]?Clinical Scenario
A patient is brought to the Emergency Department with pelvic trauma. One of the members of the trauma team mentions that the new T-POD pelvic binder is better at controlling internal haemorrhage than the traditional wrapped sheet. You wonder if there is any evidence to support this?Search Strategy
Medline 1980 - May 2011 using the NHS library interface. [[Pelvis ti.ab OR Pelvic ti.ab] AND [Splint ti.ab. OR immobilisation ti.ab.] AND [Trauma ti.ab]] OR [Tpod ti.ab]Medline 1980-February 7th 2013 using NHS Evidence
(TPOD ti,ab OR T-POD.ti,ab OR trauma pelvic orthotic device.ti, ab) = 13 records
Embase 1980-Feb 7th 2013
15 records no new relevancies
The Cochrane Library Issue 1 of 12 Jan 2013
TPOD ti,ab OR T-POD.ti,ab OR trauma pelvic orthotic device.ti, ab 2 records no new relevancies