Perceptions of intensive care triage in Australia and New Zealand in 2009 and 2023.

Objective: Intensive care (ICU) beds are scarce and decision-making regarding admission is complex and multi-factorial. This study aimed to characterise differences in admission decision making between Australia and New Zealand and compare to previous data to establish changes over time.

Design: Online Survey.

Biomechanical investigation of impact induced rib fractures of a porcine infant surrogate model.

This study investigated the structural, biomechanical and fractographic features of rib fractures in a piglet model, to test the hypothesis that fist impact, apart from thoracic squeezing, may result in lateral costal fractures as observed in abused infants. A mechanical fist with an accelerometer was constructed and fixed to a custom jig. Twenty stillborn piglets in the supine position were impacted on the thoracic cage.