title: [24 hours at Johannesburg Hospital Trauma Unit].
abstract: This paper describes the hectic work as a doctor at the Trauma Unit of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, a highly regarded and well-visited trauma unit worldwide. A trauma junior doctor is followed on a 24-hour-call through a full casualty to urgent operations and complicated postoperative management of the trauma patient. In a diary fashion the paper describes the evidence-based guidelines of management of certain trauma cases brought into the trauma unit during the 24-hour-shift.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenheden, Kirurgisk Sektion, Hvidovre Hospital, Kettegårds Allé 30, 2650 Hvidovre. lene.osterballe@gmail.com
authors.forename: Lene
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Østerballe
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asbury
authors.forename: Kenneth D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Boffard
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D055416:Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014218:Triage; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery