special considerations in trauma
The two injury prevention organizations that help to mandate work place safety standards and motor vehicle safety
What is OSHA and DOT
The term noxious stimuli refers to what part of the AVPU mnemonic
What is painful stimuli
The probable cause of stridor, wheezing, snoring or gurgling in the trauma patient
what is partial airway obstruction due to tissue swelling
The findings of a weak rapid carotid pulse following a significant trauma is a suspect to
what is the treatment
What is hypovolemic shock
fluid and blood
The special population that will have twice the amount of blood during this time and is at very high risk during a trauma
What is a pregnant patient
These trauma patients have what in common; motorcycle, bicycle, fall from height greater than 10', pedestrian struck
What is lack of bodily protection
The NEXUS Criteria is used with
What is selective c-spine immobilization evaluation
The term used when asymmetry is noticed after trauma to the ribs and chest
What is flail segment
The stage and condition when a patient has findings like altered LOC or orientation, combativeness, restlessness, anxiety, after a trauma
what is early findings of shock
The special population that is more likely to suffer blunt trauma, auto impacts, falls, and abuse
What is pediatric patient population
The velocity of an object through tissue (give 2 examples)
What is penetrating trauma
guns, knife, any impaled object wood metal, arrow,
The extraglotic adjunct
what is opa, sga
The nerve that control the diaphragm and breathing
What is phrenic nerve
The bodies automatic response to trauma by the increase of heart rate, stroke volume, respiratory rate and volume, and the increase of glucose into the blood stream is know as
What is fight or flight/ sympathetic nervous system
The special population of pregnancy during a traumatic event where mother and fetus are at risk of hypovolemia, shock and hypoxia, who will be endangered first
What is the fetus
The three most lethal area for penetrating trauma
what is head, chest, upper abdomen
The mnemonic for determining rapid transport for trauma patients
What is the CUPS criteria
Critical, unstable, potentially unstable, stable
The technique used when absent lung sound and low oxygen saturation is noted following a trauma
What is needle decompression
The four critical factors to maintain in a trauma to prevent death are
What is controlling airway obstruction, controlling hemorrhage, recognizing pneumothorax, hypothermia
The special population that has a higher risk of arrhythmia, cardiac failure, cardiac arrests, mortality is 6 times greater
What is a bariatric patient
The most important thing to don when approaching a trauma scene while looking for clues such as placards, sick family members or bystanders,crowds
give 3 examples and a reason for each example
What is Gloves- protection from both you and pt,blood mucous, feces urine
What is eye wear- chemicals, vomits, blood spatter
What is a mask- inhalation splatter
what is a gown- protect splatter blood chemical on clothes
The word for low or inadequate profusion of blood to the body organs and tissues.
caused by cardiac, neurogenic, vascular and volume problems
What is hypo profusion
The two tools we can use to assess respiration, oxygen saturation and end tidal CO2
pulse oximeter and and capnography
The classification of trauma when hypovolemia, hypotension and hypoprofusion are all involved
What is multi-system trauma
The special population that is able to compensate for blood loss secondary to trauma, compensate well until they can no longer compensate and move very quickly toward irreversible shock.
What is pediatric population