Mattox Conference Pro-Con Debate 2025: Direct to OR Resuscitation

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Every spring for over 50 years, the Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery conference, best known simply as the MATTOX conference, is held in Las Vegas (https://www.trauma-criticalcare.com/). The conference is unique in that it is entirely focused on practice-changing clinical education. It’s a damn good time too! A favorite feature is the annual debates. Today, we are featuring a showdown between Drs. Teddy Puzo and Joseph Dubois as they battle it out over the use of a DIRECT TO OR TRAUMA RESUSCITATION STRATEGY. You can listen on the podcast or watch the debate with accompanying slides on our website or app. Let's get ready to RUMMMBLLLEEEE!

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DTTGBaLcHo

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0:00.0	Behind the Night, the Surgery podcast, relevant Patrick Georgoff. I want you to imagine this. It's 2 a.m. and you're rushing a hypotensive trauma patient to the operating room for exploration. Maybe you need to go into the neck, the chest, or the abdomen. Are you prepared for what you might find?
0:38.8	Trauma educational resources are extremely limited.
0:41.3	That's why we created the trauma surgery video atlas.
0:44.5	24 challenging scenarios with high-yield text, beautiful illustrations, and stunning, professional-grade video that walks you through the approach and management of devastating injuries in a step-by-step fashion.
0:55.6	Check out the link in the show notes.
0:56.9	For more, there are group discounts available as well.
0:59.9	Now, enjoy the episode and dominate the day.
1:05.0	Thanks for tuning in.
1:06.2	This is Patrick Georgoff with Behind the Knife.
1:08.5	Every spring, for over 50 years now, the trauma, critical care, and acute care surgery conference, best known simply as the Maddox Conference, is held in Las Vegas.
1:18.4	The conference is unique in that it is entirely focused on practice changing clinical education, a lot like what we focus on it behind the knife.
1:26.1	It's also a really good time.
1:28.4	Now, one of the favorite features from the conference are the annual debates.
1:32.8	Today, we are featuring a showdown between Dr. Taddy Pusio and Joe DeBoe as they battle it out
1:37.8	over the use of a direct-to-O-R trauma resuscitation strategy.
1:41.8	You can listen on the podcast or watch the debate with the accompanying slides on our
1:45.6	website or app.
1:47.3	Dominate the day.
1:49.2	All right.
1:50.4	We will bring our next two debaters to the stage.
1:53.2	Similar ground rules today, gentlemen.
1:55.6	12 minute opening with a one minute follow-up.
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