Mel From Melbourne

Welcome to FractureLine: the official weekly news feed from the Chest Wall Injury Society, where we will listen to all the bottom-line CWIS updates, shout-outs, fun facts, and weekly banter!

This week, we are joined by most of the usual suspects: Dr. White, SarahAnn, & Aaron Pugh. We are also happy to welcome back another CWIS stalwart, Melissa Webb (Trauma Physiotherapist, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia). Melissa was able to help us understand her work with the STUMBL Score (the brainchild of another CWIS titan, Dr. Ceri Battle, PhD, Swansea University School of Medicine in Wales) at her home institution in Melbourne. It is entitled "Retrospective validation of the STUMBL score in a Level 1 trauma centre," and was published in Injury. We also get to hear many exciting things, including news & deadlines (and the dwindling spots for the pre-summit plating lab) for our education this month and the upcoming summit!

Come and stay a while!

Finally, this week's Summit Recap special guest is Brittany Levy. She was the KLS Martin Research Fellow who was well-lauded for her work on chest tubes, with an innovative new approach. Another budding Chest Wall Injury Society rising star!