Muscle and Bone Injuries
Three types of forces that cause musculoskeletal injuries.
What is: direct force, indirect force, and twisting force.
A blow to the head that causes minor and temporary damage to the brain.
What is concussion?
Another word for bloating.
What is distention?
An escape of air into the pleural space that is often associated with trauma.
What is pneumothorax?
Location of the gallbladder.
RUQ
3 examples of improvised splints.
What are: pieces of wood, cardboard, folded blanket, magazines, etc.
Any injury to the body that may be preventing the patient from realizing pain in the neck or spine.
What is distracting injury?
Separates the abdominal cavity from the chest cavity.
What is diaphragm?
Blood and air entering the chest cavity causes this.
What is a hemopneumothorax?
Location of the pancreas.
RUQ
After PPE, this comes next when treating a skeletal injury.
What is take manual stabilization above and below the injury.
What should you do for football players who are wearing shoulder pads and a helmet, but are having difficulty breathing after a violent tackle?
Remove BOTH the helmet and shoulder pads to secure an airway.
Exact location of the kidneys.
What is retroperitoneal cavity?
OPQRST
What is: Onset, Provocation, Quality, Region/Radiate, Severity, Time
Example of a solid organ (list 3)
What is: liver, spleen, kidney, pancreas, ovaries
Why do you check SMC's before and after any action you take?
To determine if pt lost SMC's due to the injury or because of treatment you rendered.
Another term for whip-lash.
What is hyperextension injury?
A tear in the inner wall of the aorta most often caused by a genetic weakness of a vessel and described as a sharp tearing pain.
What is aortic dissection?
Term now used to describe the care for patients with a mechanism that could be suggestive of a spinal injury.
What is SMR or spinal motion restriction?
The _____ and ______ pass through the abdomen, dividing into the left and right iliac vessels in the pelvis, then becoming the femoral artery and vein in each lower extremity. (Be specific)
What is the aorta and inferior vena cava?
A partial or complete tearing of the ligaments and tendons that support a joint.
What is a sprain?
Diving is an example of this type of spinal injury.
What is compression injury?
Bleeding in the GI system is common and can be seen in vomit and stool. How do you tell the difference between an active bleed and an old bleed? (Be very descriptive as to how the vomit AND stool)
An active bleed appears as bright red blood in both vomit and stool. An old bleed appears as dark coffee grounds in blood that has been vomited and the stool will appear very dark like tar.
cholecystitis
What is inflammation of the gallbladder
The number of pairs of ribs.
What is 12?