In-person and telemedicine course models for disaster preparedness: a comparative analysis.

Objective: to compare the students' performance in face-to-face and telemedicine courses for the training and necessary action in disasters, using telemedicine as an effective training tool.

Methods: online research conducted after the end of the course of preparation in disasters, carried out in-person, as well as by videoconference. We compared the performance of students in the in-person course and through telemedicine.

Trauma Leagues-A Novel Option to Attract Medical Students to a Surgical Career.

Background: In Brazil, most medical schools do not offer trauma surgery in their undergraduate curriculum. The Trauma Leagues arose in Brazil as an important promoter of trauma education and stimulated activities related to surgical skills and practices. In recent decades, studies have demonstrated that the number of surgical residency applicants has decreased worldwide.

Importance of multidisciplinary trauma prevention program for youth.

Objective: present the experience of the P.A.R.

Nonoperative management of splenic injury grade IV is safe using rigid protocol.

Objective: To demonstrate the protocol and experience of our service in the nonoperative management (NOM) of grade IV blunt splenic injuries.

Methods: This is a retrospective study based on trauma registry of a university hospital between 1990-2010. Charts of all patients with splenic injury were reviewed and patients with grade IV lesions treated nonoperatively were included in the study.