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In the Heart of Soweto.

The Trauma Directorate at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital sees the highest volume of major trauma of any trauma centre in Africa - if not the world.

Our free open-access resources are designed to share that expertise with you.

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Read how we manage trauma in our unit, from critical appraisals of best practice through to step-by-step procedural guides designed to help you perfect your technical skills. We cover high level concepts worth understanding, and dogma worth myth-busting.

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Search our site by topic. Articles are divided into deep dives into facets of trauma assessment or management, microskill tutorials, unit protocols, and routine reviews of both clinical cases and trauma radiology. 

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