Terms and Conditions

Last updated: May 29, 2026

By accessing our website and purchasing Penetrating Trauma Special O.P.S. (hereinafter referred to as the "Work" or the "Service"), you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the following Terms and Conditions.

1. Description of the Service and Educational Purpose

Penetrating Trauma Special O.P.S. is an interactive eBook and collection of clinical cases intended exclusively for educational purposes and designed to promote clinical and surgical reasoning among healthcare professionals and students in the health sciences.

2. Medical Disclaimer

The Work is an educational training and simulation resource. The information, clinical scenarios, and strategies presented herein do NOT, under any circumstances, constitute direct medical advice, nor are they intended to replace independent professional clinical judgment.

Decisions regarding the diagnosis, management, or treatment of actual patients must be based on a qualified healthcare professional's individual assessment of each case, taking into account the specific clinical circumstances, available resources, applicable standards of care, and current medical literature.

The authors and editors assume no responsibility or liability for the application of the information contained in the Work to actual clinical practice or for any patient outcomes resulting from such use.

3. License of Use and Intellectual Property

• Ownership: All content included in the Work, including but not limited to text, images, videos, clinical cases, software, educational methodology, and other materials, is the exclusive intellectual property of Dr Carlos Ordóñez and/or the applicable licensors and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.

• License: Your purchase grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, and non-transferable license to access and use the Work solely for your own educational purposes.

• Prohibited Uses: You are strictly prohibited from:

  • Sharing your account credentials, including your username and password.

  • Copying, reproducing, redistributing, transmitting, recording, selling, publicly displaying, publicly performing, sublicensing, or creating derivative works from any part of the content.

  • Reverse-engineering, decompiling, disassembling, or otherwise attempting to access or extract the source code of the platform or any related software.

4. Accounts, Access, and Payments

• Access: Purchasing the Work grants access to the purchased content. Specific access terms, including, where applicable, lifetime access or access to individual cases, will be clearly stated on the applicable product or checkout page at the time of purchase.

• Account Responsibility: You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your account credentials and for all activities conducted through your account.

• Payment Processing: We process all payments through secure third-party payment gateways. We do not directly store sensitive financial information such as complete credit card or banking details.

5. Refund Policy

Our refund policy is restrictive because the products are digital, immediately accessible, and non-returnable.

Our official Refund Policy, which is publicly available on our website, governs the conditions, eligibility requirements, exclusions, and procedures for refund requests.

As further described in that policy, where permitted by applicable law, any right of withdrawal, cancellation, or similar right may cease once the digital content has been activated, accessed, or made available for immediate use with the user's prior consent.

6. Suspension and Termination

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Work, without prior notice and without entitlement to a refund, where we reasonably determine that you have materially breached these Terms and Conditions.

This includes, without limitation, violations of the intellectual property provisions in Section 3 or the user conduct requirements in Section 7.

7. User Conduct

You agree not to use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in any manner that infringes the rights of third parties.

You must not attempt to compromise the security of the website or platform, interfere with its proper operation, gain unauthorised access to accounts, systems, networks, or data, or engage in any activity that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Service.

8. Limitation of Liability

You acknowledge and agree that your use of the website and the Work is at your own risk.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Penetrating Trauma SPECIAL O.P.S., its authors, editors, licensors, and associated parties shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or similar damages arising out of or related to the use of, or inability to use, the Service or the Work.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, our total aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with the Service shall not exceed the amount actually paid by you for the Service during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

Nothing in these Terms shall exclude or limit any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under applicable law.

9. Amendments to These Terms

We reserve the right to amend or update these Terms and Conditions from time to time to reflect legal, regulatory, operational, technological, or business changes.

We will always make the most current version available on our website and indicate the applicable "Last updated" date.

10. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Colombia.

Subject to any mandatory consumer protection rules or jurisdictional rights that may apply under applicable law, any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions shall be submitted to the competent courts of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.