List of important topics 

1. General Principles of Trauma 

• Primary and secondary survey in trauma (ATLS guidelines)

• Golden hour concept

• Trauma triage and scoring systems (ISS, RTS)

• Damage control resuscitation

• Trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC)

2. Airway Management in Trauma

• Cervical spine injury and airway management (manual inline stabilization, fiberoptic intubation)

• Cricothyroidotomy and surgical airway

• Apneic oxygenation in trauma

• Physiological Difficult Airway and Awake Intubation

3. Fluid Resuscitation & Hemodynamics in Trauma

• Concept of permissive hypotension

• Balanced resuscitation: Blood vs. crystalloids vs. colloids

• Massive transfusion protocol (1:1:1 ratio of PRBC:FFP:Platelets)

• Tranexamic acid and its role (CRASH-2 trial)

4. Specific Trauma Conditions

• Head Injury
• flail chest

• Blunt Trauma Abdomen vs. penetrating trauma

• Anesthesia concerns in spinal cord injury (SCI)

• Pregnancy and trauma

5. Recent Advances and Controversies

• Whole blood vs. component therapy in massive transfusion

• TEG/ROTEM-guided coagulation management

• Role of ECMO in trauma

• Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA)