Emergency departments (ED) and trauma centres are now being established and expanded in public hospitals throughout the UAE. ‘Damage control’ is a term used by surgeons who fight to save the lives of patients bought into the ED.
According to the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the general concept behind damage control resuscitation and surgery is to control of life-threatening bleeding and contamination which must be terminated as soon as possible in order for the patient to undergo correction of physiologic abnormalities due to haemorrhagic shock or sepsis. Damage control mainly applies to general surgery, orthopaedics, and neurosurgery.
Dr Yasser Zaghloul, Consultant Anaesthetist, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE is set to discuss the importance of damage control resuscitation in the EDs across the region. |
