Two patients had emergency laparotomy and no mechanical obstruction was found.

Pozzi ordered himself to be taken to the Historia Hospital but the emergency laparotomy was unsuccessful.

Diagnosis: S/P emergency laparotomy for multiple abdominal trauma."

Often they are the first port of call to critically ill or gravely injured patients, and must perform a variety of procedures to stabilise such patients, such as intubation, burr hole, cricothyroidotomy, and emergency laparotomy or thoracotomy to staunch bleeding.