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Pathway to guide the assessment, admission, management and rehabilitation of adult patients with an acute, traumatic vertebral column or spinal cord injury.

Pathway for care of adults following head injury.Keywords:Head injury, traumatic brain injury, trauma, major trauma, neurology, neurological, neurosurgery, neurosurgical, rehabilitation.

Guidelines on management of chest wall injuries in adult inpatients.Keywords:Chest wall injury, rib fracture, pneumothorax, haemothorax, chest drain, major trauma, chest trauma.

Standard operating procedure for damage control surgery

Guidance on the process for safe and appropriate repatriation back to the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT).Keywords: Major Trauma, repatriation, rehabilitation.

The purpose of the SOP is to facilitate decision making and communication for CT imaging of potentially seriously injured patients attending the Emergency Department.

Clinical management of acutely raised intracranial pressure in traumatic brain injury. Keywords: Traumatic brain injury, head injury, ICP, intracranial pressure, hypertonic saline, intubation.

Major Trauma Team activation and performance.

Standards and expectations for the completion and documentation of a Trauma Tertiary Survey in patients admitted with acute traumatic injuries.Keywords: Trauma Tertiary Survey, major trauma, injuries, fracture, spinal cord, chest wall, poly trauma, frailty, silver trauma, head injury, orthopaedics.