Neck Trauma
Many injuries to the eyes, face, and neck are the result of
What is assault?
The tough outer coat of the eye.
What is the sclera?
Connects bone to muscle.
What are tendons?
Rib fracture is less common in
What is children?
The number of facial bones
What is 14?
The major arteries and veins of the neck
What is carotid and jugular?
Treatment for an embedded foreign object.
What is bandage both eyes and transport?
Prevent movement of dislocated joints or bone fragments or ends, to reduce further injury.
What is splinting?
When two or more adjacent ribs are each fractured in two or more places.
What is flail chest?
Do not use NPA when patient has a
What is a facial fracture?
If air enters a jugular vein laceration it will result in a
What is air embolism?
Decreased vision or double vision
What is diplopia?
The six types of motion.
What is Flexion, Extension, Adduction, Abduction, Rotation, Circumduction.
Sudden cardiac arrest from blunt force to the precordial area.
What is Commotio Cordis?
Do not pack these two types of facial injuries with gauze.
What is ear and nose?
Complications of injuries to the neck include
What is bleeding, air embolism, airway compromise, and cervical spine injury?
Signs of orbital injury
What is decreased vision or double vision (diplopia), sensation loss above the eyebrow, over the cheek, or in the upper lip, and nasal discharge?
The Six “Ps” in Secondary Assessment of Bone or Joint Injuries.
What is Pain, Pallor, Paralysis, Paresthesia, Pressure, and Pulses?
Do not use CPAP for patients with this injury?
What is a pneumothorax?
Clear fluid that drains from nose and ear injuries when there is a skull injury.
What is cerebral spinal fluid?
Most common causes of neck injuries.
What is hanging, impact with a steering wheel, knife wounds, and gunshot wounds?
Keep the patient in this position when there is an injury to the globe of the eye.
What is supine?
Pressure develops within the injured area. The tissue becomes hypoxic, which results in further damage and swelling.
What is Compartment Syndrome?
Occurs with either an open or closed chest injury in which air accumulates in the pleural space, and cannot escape.
What is tension pneumothorax?
The most common facial injury.
What is nasal fracture?