Author: Sebastian Clark / Editor: Yasmin Sultan / Reviewer: Nadarajah Prasanna / Codes: / Published: 30/08/2021
You are the senior registrar in charge of the ED at your Major Trauma Centre at 2330hrs on a Saturday. Your receive a pre-alert call from the air ambulance team who are bringing a 32 yr old male who has sustained a single stab wound to the epigastrium whilst outside a pub. Vital signs at scene GCS 15 Sats 96% on 15L via Non-rebreathe mask, RR 22 BP 110/85 HR 88. They are approximately 25 mins away by road.
