Reading List

Websites and Blogs

Tom and Jade in South Africa

https://tomandjadeinsouthafrica.blogspot.com

Dom in South Africa

https://domcraver.blogspot.com

The Trauma Pro

https://thetraumapro.com/

Behind The Knife

https://behindtheknife.org/

Surgical Pizza

https://surgicalpizza.org/

Cutting Edge (BJS)

https://cuttingedgeblog.com

Médecins Sans Frontières

https://blogs.msf.org

The David Nott Foundation

https://davidnottfoundation.com


Books

Top Knife: the Art and Craft of Trauma Surgery

by A Hirshberg & KL Mattox






Schein's Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery

by Moshe Schein 






Trauma: Code Red

by Mansoor Khan & Morgan McMonagle 





Podcasts

Behind the Knife


Through The Keyhole




Scrubbing In

Medics Money







Webinars

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh


Societies and Organisations

The World Society of Emergency Surgery



Journals



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