Shock and Perfusion
This type of shock occurs from significant blood or fluid loss.
👉 What is hypovolemic shock?
A high-speed head-on collision makes you suspect these types of injuries.
👉 What are multisystem/internal injuries?
A pneumothorax patient requires oxygen for this reason.
👉 What is decreased oxygen exchange/lung collapse?
Uncontrolled external bleeding can quickly lead to this.
👉 What is hypovolemic shock?
Pregnant trauma patients should be transported in this position.
👉 What is left lateral recumbent?
Early shock where the body maintains blood pressure through compensation.
👉 What is compensated shock?
This tool evaluates appearance, work of breathing, and circulation in pediatrics.
👉 What is the Pediatric Assessment Triangle?
Between pneumothorax and tension pneumothorax, this is the life threat.
👉 What is a tension pneumothorax?
This type of dressing prevents air from entering a wound.
👉 What is an occlusive dressing?
Elderly patients often have difficulty regulating this.
👉 What is body temperature?
Late shock where blood pressure begins to fall.
👉 What is decompensated shock?
This type of trauma involves injuries to more than one body system.
👉 What is multisystem trauma?
Blood in the chest cavity is called this.
👉 What is a hemothorax?
Organs protruding from the abdomen should be treated this way.
Double down - what is it called when organs are outside of the body from trauma
👉 What is cover with moist sterile dressing and do NOT push back in?
Evisceration
Children compensate for blood loss primarily through this mechanism.
👉 What is increased heart rate (tachycardia)?
This type of shock results from spinal cord injury causing loss of vascular tone.
👉 What is neurogenic shock?
In a fall from height, these injuries are commonly expected.
👉 What are spinal injuries, fractures, and internal bleeding?
This chest injury results in paradoxical chest movement.
👉 What is a flail chest?
A bruise is also known as this.
👉 What is a contusion?
The greatest concern for a pediatric patient in a car crash.
👉 What are head injuries?
A patient with hives, airway swelling, and hypotension is experiencing this type of shock.
👉 What is anaphylactic shock?
The most important thing to look for in a gunshot wound besides the entry wound.
👉 What is an exit wound?
This condition causes pressure buildup that compresses the heart and lungs.
👉 What is tension pneumothorax?
Severe femoral bleeding may cause this critical sign to disappear.
👉 What is a distal pulse?
Signs of shock in the elderly may be subtle due to this.
👉 What is delayed or blunted physiological response?