Spine/Spinal Cord Trauma
Device used to provide immobilization to the neck
C-collar
A wound over a deformity of the lower extremity
Open fracture
This is the most common mechanism of injury for the geriatric trauma patient population
Falls
rigid abdomen
peritonitis
Injury to this area of the brain may cause personality changes. Common manifestations include impulsiveness, impaired judgement, language difficulty
frontal
12 vertebrae in this region
Thoracic
This area can accumulate liters of blood upon injury
Pelvis
Beta Blockers
most common organ injured in trauma
liver
This type of bleeding occurs between the dura mater and the brain
subdural
Loss of vasomotor tone and sympathetic innervation to the heart
neurogenic shock
Petechial rash, respiratory distress, AMS
Fat Embolism Syndrome
Arthritic changes to these two areas may increase the difficulty of intubation
patients who undergo this surgical intervention experience immunologic impairment and are at high risk of infection
splenectomy
Name two components of a pupillary assessment
Size, Shape, Reactivity, Accommodation
results from biochemical and cellular reactions that cause inflammation of tissues
secondary SCI
Dark, amber urine and elevated CK secondary to a crush injury
Traumatic rhabdomyolosis/crush syndrome
This class of medications should be reversed upon the identification of an intracranial abnormality
Anticoagulants
bowel sounds present in the chest or bowel visualized within the thoracic cavity upon XR
diaphragmatic injury
This type of intracranial abnormality is characterized by a period of lucidity
epidural hematoma
severe headache, bradycardia, facial flushing, diaphoresis of the lower part of the body
autonomic dysreflexia
The 5 Ps of Compartment Syndrome
Pain, pallor, paresthesia, paralysis, pulselessness
The geriatric patient is at risk for this secondary to the dura becoming more adherent to the skull with aging
Epidural Hematoma
a fracture of two or more sequential ribs in wo or more locations
flail chest
bradycardia, irregular respirations, widened pulse pressure
cushings triad