Trauma resuscitation and the damage control approach

Haemorrhage remains the biggest killer of major trauma patients. One-third of trauma patients are coagulopathic on admission, which is exacerbated further by other factors. Failure to address this results in poor outcomes. Damage control resuscitation is current best practice for bleeding trauma patients, and encompasses damage control surgery and damage control radiography. This review provides a summary of the latest concepts in the rapidly evolving field of trauma resuscitation management.