title: Emergency burr holes: "How to do it".
abstract: This paper describes a simple approach to emergency burr hole evacuation of extra-axial intracranial haematoma that can be used in the uncommon situation when life saving specialist neurosurgical intervention is not available.
authors.affiliation: London's Air Ambulance, The Helipad, The Royal London Hospital, London E1 1BB, UK.
authors.forename: Mark H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.forename: Gareth
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lockey
mesh_terms: D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D004630:Emergencies; D020200:Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans