Trauma Overview
If the speed doubles, kinetic energy ______
What is quadruples
The four bones of the brain that correlate to the lobes of the brain
What is frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal
Define an abrasion.
What is an injury to the epidermis and most superficial part of the dermis (minimal capillary bleeding).
Two surfaces tendons attach to, and two surfaces ligaments attach to
what is tendons=bone to muscle and ligaments=bone to bone
Hematuria commonly indicates an injury to this organ.
What are the kidneys.
Define index of suspicion.
What is awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and unseen injuries.
Name the 5 sections of the vertebral column and how many vertebrae in each
What is cervical 7, thoracic 12, lumbar 5, sacrum 5 fused, coccyx 4 fused
Name the four components of blood.
What are erythrocytes, leukocytes, plasma, and platelets.
Define atrophy
Patient complaining of abdominal pain (with no spinal injury and protecting their own airway) should be positioned
What is with their knees drawn up toward the abdomen (on their side in a position of comfort)
Explain the objects colliding in each phase of a vehicle crash.
What is: Car hits object; Person hits inside of car; Organs hit solid structures in body
The pulse felt anterior to the tragus and the bone located 1 inch posterior of the tragus
What is the superficial temporal artery and the mastoid process
Besides hypovolemic shock, name a life threatening complication that can occur from an open neck injury.
What is an air embolism.
The difference between sprains and strains
What is sprains are stretching or twisting of a joint that injuries the surrounding ligaments. Strains are stretching or tearing of a muscle.
What is the heart, great vessels, trachea, and esophagus
What are the equations for the energy of work, kinetic energy and potential energy
What is Work=Force Acting/Distance; Kinetic Energy=(1/2 Mass)(Velocity2); Potential Energy=(Mass)(Gravity)(Height)
The bones that make up the orbit
What is zygoma, frontal, maxilla, and nasal
Define compartment syndrome.
What is swelling and edema from injured tissues that increase pressure in soft tissue compartments, compresses blood vessels and nerves, typically resulting 6-12 hours after injury.
Name six types of splints.
What is SAM, pilo, air, vacuum, traction, rigid, sling and swath
The membranous tissue that holds the intestines to the abdominal wall
What is the mesentary
Explain the 4 stages of blast injuries
What is 1. injuries from pressure wave 2. injuries from debris 3. injuries from landing 4. injuries from variables in the surrounding acting on patient
What is trachea, esophagus, spinal cord/column, jugular veins, carotid artery, sternocleidomastoid muscle
A patient has partial thickness burns to the posterior portion of the trunk, posterior portion of the left upper leg, the genitalia, and superficial burns to the circumferential left arm, define the percentage of body burned based off the rule of nines.
What is 23.5%
The nerve that could be compressed in a posterior hip dislocation.
What is the sciatic
Define commotio cordis
What is blunt force hitting against the chest during cardiac contractions leading into immediate cardiac arrest