Trauma scene decisions
The assessment performed after life threats are addressed in a stable trauma patient.
What is the secondary assessment?
The alkaline substance in concrete responsible for tissue damage.
What is lime (calcium oxide)?
The first priority in facial trauma assessment.
What is the airway?
Category: Trauma Pathophysiology
This injury mechanism commonly causes invisible internal injuries through shearing forces and is responsible for many fatal aortic injuries despite minimal external damage.
What is a deceleration injury?
A trauma patient has a small entrance wound and a large exit wound. The EMT should suspect this unseen process occurring inside the body.
What is cavitation?
In elderly trauma patients, these stable-looking vital signs may not rule out shock.
What are normal blood pressure and pulse readings?
The radiation type stopped by the skin.
What is alpha radiation?
The assessment mnemonic prioritizing life threats in trauma.
What is XABCDD?
** what does each letter mean?
Bonus Final Jeopardy (Hard Mode)
A patient struck in the eye presents with nasal drainage, numbness of the upper lip, double vision, and inability to look upward.
What is an orbital blowout fracture?
A gunshot victim has one wound in the chest and one wound in the back. The paramedic should never assume this.
What is that a single bullet traveled straight through the body?
The trauma-center criterion met when a pedestrian is struck by a bicycle at significant speed.
What is a significant pedestrian-versus-bicycle impact?
The radiation type requiring lead or concrete shielding.
What is gamma radiation?
The complication that occurs when a bandage is wrapped too tightly and circulation is impaired.
What is distal neurovascular compromise?
A 6-year-old pedestrian is struck by a sedan. The bumper strikes the pelvis instead of the knees, followed by impact to the chest and head.
What is the Waddell Triad?
A patient presents with jaw stiffness that began after stepping on a rusty nail several weeks ago.
What is tetanus?
During a rollover MVC, occupants may be injured every time the vehicle changes this.
What is direction?
The two most common causes of death following electrical injury.
What is asphyxia and cardiac arrest?
A fully avulsed tooth should be considered this type of emergency.
What is a potential airway obstruction?
A motorcyclist is thrown from his bike and then tumbles into a guardrail. The resulting injuries are difficult to predict because they result from this type of event.
What are secondary impacts after ejection?
During wound healing, this phase removes debris, bacteria, and foreign material from the wound.
What is the inflammatory phase?
The injury pattern most likely when a seatbelt rides above the pelvic bones.
What are abdominal and lumbar spine injuries?
The characteristic skin pattern left by many lightning strike injuries.
What is feathering?
The syndrome indicated by ptosis and a constricted pupil after neck trauma.
What is Horner Syndrome?
: A patient involved in a rollover MVC has injuries to multiple body regions despite wearing a seatbelt because he repeatedly struck the interior of the vehicle during changes in this.
What is direction of motion?
While assessing a facial avulsion, your primary concern is not cosmetic appearance but this immediate threat.
What is airway compromise?
You find a large skin flap hanging from a patient's forearm. After irrigation, your next step is to do this with the skin flap.
What is fold it back into normal position?
A burn patient has white, leathery skin but reports little pain.
What is a full thickness burn?
A patient exposed to smoke from burning plastics may be suffering poisoning from this highly toxic gas.
What is hydrogen cyanide?
A patient trapped beneath machinery for several hours develops severe tissue injury because prolonged pressure impaired these two processes.
What are circulation and muscle metabolism?
A trauma patient has paralysis of gaze coordination between both eye
What is dysconjugate gaze?