Traum'cast: an online, open-access educational video podcast series for teaching military trauma care to all healthcare providers.

The aim of this paper was to describe the development of 'Traum'cast', an ambitious project to create a high-quality, open-access, 12-week video podcast programme providing evidence-based continuing medical education for civilian and military healthcare practitioners dedicated to the management of trauma caused by weapons of war. The management of such patients became a particular public health issue in France following the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, which highlighted the need for all healthcare professionals to have appropriate knowledge and training in such situations. In 2016, the French Health General Direction asked the French Military Medical Service (FMMS) to create a task force and to use its unique and considerable experience to produce high-quality educational material on key themes including war injuries, combat casualty care, triage, damage control surgery, transfusion strategies, psychological injury and rehabilitation.

Facial Nerve Monitoring During Parotidectomy:A Two-Center Retrospective Study.

Introduction: We present a retrospective two-center study series and discussion of the current literature to assess the benefits of facial nerve monitoring during parotidectomy.

Materials And Methods: From 2007 to 2012, 128 parotidectomies were performed in 125 patients. Of these, 47 procedures were performed without facial nerve monitoring (group 1) and 81 with facial nerve monitoring (group 2).

Comparison of Penetrating Neck Injury Management in Combat Versus Civilian Trauma: A Review of 55 Cases.

Unlabelled: The objective was to describe a case series of penetrating neck injuries (PNIs) and compare their management in combat versus civilian trauma.

Methods: From 2012 to 2014, all soldiers and civilians referred to Percy Military Training Hospital for PNI were analyzed. The mechanism of injury, type and site of the lesion, and initial emergency management were noted.

Hands-off Time during Automated Chest Compression Device Application in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Case Series Report.

Introduction: During out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), chest compression interruptions or hands-off time (HOT) affect the prognosis. Our aim was to measure HOT due to the application of an automated chest compression device (ACD) by an advanced life support team.

Materials And Methods: This was a prospective observational case series report since the introduction of a new method of installing the ACD.

Endoscopic septoplasty: Learning curve.

Aims: The aim of the current study was to report the learning curve for endoscopic septoplasty for a senior surgeon already trained in endonasal sinus surgery.

Material And Methods: From November 2011 to September 2012, 100 patients were prospectively included and grouped in 5 consecutive groups of 20 by date of surgery. The primary endpoint was operative time.

Use of a gum elastic bougie in a penetrating neck trauma.

The case of a patient with a zone II penetrating neck injury who was intubated successfully utilizing the gum elastic bougie (GEB) is reported. He presented at a forward operational base in Afghanistan with a shrapnel wound in his neck as well as a cough and hoarseness. There were two wounds on each side of his laryngeal cartilages.

[Chyle leak after cervical surgery: Meta analysis--Management strategy].

Objective: Chyle fistula is a known complication in cervical surgery. It can lead to a postoperative lymphorrhea. There is no consensus on its management.

French military general practitioner: ultrasound practice.

Objectives: Ultrasound has been used in the field and in emergency departments for more than two decades. In a military setting, its use has grown rapidly as it has gained widespread acceptance among emergency physicians and as the range of diagnostic and triage applications has continued to expand. Technological changes have enabled ultrasound devices to become accessible to general practitioners (GP), and it could be of particular interest for military GPs in isolated environments.

[Traumatic neurogenic shock].

Traumatic neurogenic shock is a rare but serious complication of spinal cord injury. It associates bradycardia and hypotension caused by a medullary trauma. It is life-threatening for the patient and it aggravates the neurological deficit.

[Nasal polyposis and olfactory function: results of the surgical treatment].

Introduction: Hyposmia is a common cause of functional complaint in patients with nasal polyposis. The aim of the current study was to report the olfactory functional results after sinus surgery.

Materials And Methods: A systematic review of the scientific literature was achieved in the Pubmed database.

[Acute myocardial infarction in Djibouti: 2-year prospective study].

Objectives: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a life-threatening emergency. In Africa, the increasing prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors is leading to an epidemiological transition. No data have yet been reported about AMI in Djibouti.