Adhering to current clinical guidance supports evidence-based assessment, informs decision-making, and helps reduce complications in patients with a traumatic injury. Ongoing review of recommendations and guidance enables clinicians to improve evaluation and management, which supports better patient outcomes.
Today's rundown features guidelines and consensus statements from the past ten years separated into three subcategories: Adult Traumatic Brain Injury, Adult Traumatic Injury (General), and Pediatric Traumatic Injury. Please note that some of the guidance featured in the adult sections may also apply to pediatric patients. The pediatric subcategory includes guidance specifically for pediatric patients.
Adult Traumatic Brain Injury
- Management of Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury
- Brain Trauma Foundation
- February 2026
- Management of Traumatic Brain Injury
- American College of Surgeons
- October 2024
- Targeted Temperature Control Following Traumatic Brain Injury
- European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
- May 2024
- Prehospital Guidelines for the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury – 3rd Edition
- Brain Trauma Foundation
- April 2023
- Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- February 2023
- Use of Quantitative EEG for the Diagnosis of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
- American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
- June 2021
- Concussion in Sport
- American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
- January 2019
- Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
- Brain Trauma Foundation
- September 2016
Adult Traumatic Injury, General
- Treatment of Traumatic Dental Injuries
- American Association of Endodontists
- April 2026
- Management of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury
- Society for Vascular Surgery
- March 2026
- Management of Chest Wall Injuries
- American College of Surgeons
- November 2025
- Management of Vascular Trauma
- European Society for Vascular Surgery
- January 2025
- Geriatric Trauma Management
- American College of Surgeons
- November 2023
- Neuroprognostication in Adults with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
- Neurocritical Care Society
- November 2023
- Management of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- August 2022
- Antibiotic Use during Surgical Stabilization of Traumatic Rib or Sternal Fractures to Reduce Risk of Implant Infection
- Surgical Infection Society
- May 2022
- Prevention of Surgical Site Infections After Major Extremity Trauma
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- March 2022
- Endovascular Intervention for Trauma
- Society of Interventional Radiology
- January 2020
- Evaluation and Treatment of Patients with Throracolumbar Spine Trauma
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- January 2019
Pediatric Traumatic Injury
- Management of the Paediatric Patient with Acute Head Trauma
- Canadian Paediatric Society
- March 2025
- Abusive Head Trauma in Infants and Children
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- February 2025
- Medical Assessment of Suspected Traumatic Head Injury Due to Child Maltreatment
- Canadian Paediatric Society
- July 2024
- Vision and Concussion: Symptoms, Signs, Evaluation, and Treatment
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- July 2022
- Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
- Brain Trauma Foundation
- March 2019
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