Mechanism of Injury
The study of motion of the body
What is kinematics?
Increased BMI is associated with a twofold increase in this injury.
What is upper extremity injury?
This is the first line of defense when controlling external bleeding.
What is direct pressure?
Inadequate tissue perfusion
What is shock?
This is the most common mechanism of injury for geriatric patients.
What is falls?
Objects at rest stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force.
What is Newton's First Law of Motion?
Due to limitations of traditional radiological methods and physical exam, the nurse should be suspicious of this.
What is Undiagnosed injuries?
This is the goal from initial contact to antibiotic administration in the trauma patient.
What is 60 minutes?
Heart rate + stroke volume
What is cardiac output?
The hypothesis that states the volume inside the cranium is fixed.
What is the Monro-Kellie Hypothesis?
This defines the relationship between acceleration, force, and mass.
What is Newton's Second Law of Motion?
There is a high percentage of this vitamin deficiency in the obese patient.
What is vitamin D?
In this type of full thickness wound, the wound edges cannot be approximated.
What is an avulsion?
A pelvic fracture can lead to this amount of blood loss.
What is 3 liters?
These are common injuries in the geriatric population.
What is rib fractures, hip fractures, cervical fractures, and head injuries?
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?
These factors predispose an obese patient to desaturate rapidly.
What is decreased oxygen reserve, increased oxygen consumption, increased pulmonary resistance, and airway obstruction
These wounds may not appear serious after initial injury, but can have devastating consequences from swelling, chemical inflammation, and secondary infection.
What is a high-pressure injection injury?
The amount of base required to titrate whole blood to a normal pH.
What is base deficit?
This criteria outlines drugs to avoid in the geriatric patient population.
What is the BEERS criteria?
Bilateral calcaneus fractures are often seen with this type of injury.
What are feet-first falls?
This is associated with the leading causes of death in the United States.
What is obesity?
This is an important intervention for any patient who has had a soft tissue injury.
What is a tetanus shot?
These three things make up the trauma triad of death.
What is hypothermia, coagulopathy, and acidosis?
An acute cognitive state that fluctuates and develops overs days to weeks.
What is delirium?