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Tertiary Survey and Avoiding Missed Injury

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Abstract

  • In severely injured patients, there is a distinct risk of missed or delayed diagnosis of injury.

  • Missed injury is most often due to incomplete history or examination or the non-performance of essential imaging and laboratory testing.

  • Systematic errors and multifactorial error avoidance techniques decrease the risk of missed injury.

  • Tertiary Survey is a one method shown to work in the acute trauma patient.

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  1. Trauma Service, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Durban, South Africa

    Timothy Craig Hardcastle MB, ChB, M.Med, PhD, FCS, HPCSA

  2. UKZN Trauma Training Program, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

    Timothy Craig Hardcastle MB, ChB, M.Med, PhD, FCS, HPCSA

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  1. PushpagiriMedical College Hospital, Kerala, India

    Suresh S David

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Hardcastle, T.C. (2016). Tertiary Survey and Avoiding Missed Injury. In: David, S. (eds) Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2713-7_40

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