The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) provides a forum for the exchange of knowledge to advance the care and rehabilitation of the injured patient.
The podcast features audio interviews addressing upcoming research and its application to the injured, critically ill or emergency general surgery patient, education efforts related to the clinical practice of acute care surgery, novel methods in the management of these patients and topics affecting providers and clinical care within the field.
A conference compilation can feel diffuse, but several findings are directly usable: smaller opioid defaults after abdominal surgery, clearer prehospital blood criteria, and the reminder that trauma mental health screening only matters if there is a real referral route afterwards.
In unstable ICU patients on vasopressors, start enteral nutrition cautiously with trophic feeds rather than chasing full calorie targets. Reassess perfusion, abdominal findings, lactate and vasopressor trend, and screen high-risk patients for refeeding syndrome before feed escalation.
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