Multisystem
Trauma
Trauma
A patient with more than one serious injury
What is multiple trauma patient?
Highest priority when treating a patient with a blast injury
What is scene safety?
When do you use a medevac helicopter
What is when a patient has a time-dependent injury or illness/ traffic conditions would delay care?
Verbalizes general Impression of the patient, Determines responsiveness/level of consciousness,
Determines chief complaint/apparent life threats
What is Initial assessment?
A unique consideration when dealing with a hybrid vehicle
What is the battery has higher voltage than a traditional vehicle battery?
The difference between a multisystem trauma & multiple trauma
What is the number of systems affected?
Causes secondary blast injuries
What is flying objects?
Appropriate action when using a helicopter
What is always approach the helicopter from the front and never from behind?
Assesses major bleeding, Assesses pulse, Assesses skin color, temperature, and condition
What is assesses circulation?
Contrast of simple access & complex access
What is complex access Involves forcible entry into a vehicle?
Used to determine whether a patient would be transported to a trauma center
What is trauma score?
Blast injury that occurs when the victim is flying through the air
What is tertiary?
Distance between ems and rescuer personnel and medevac helicopter as it lands.
What is at least 50 feet?
Abbreviated as S.A.M.P.L.E
What is Signs and Symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Past pertinent history, Last oral intake, Event leading to present illness?
Example of gaining simple access to a patient
What is entering a vehicle through open window?
Factors taken into consideration in triaging a trauma patient
What is physiological criteria?
Air that causes a blast injury
What is compressed air?
Guidelines you adhere to when setting up the landing zone of a helicopter
What is select an area that is a flat square with 100-foot-long sides?
Determines the scene is safe, assesses for clues, nature of illness/mechanism of injury, number of patients, requests additional EMS assistance or resources if necessary, considers stabilization of the spine
What is scene size up?
the ability to recognize any possible issues once you arrive at the scene and act proactively to avoid a negative impact.
What is situational awareness?
More common in rural & suburban areas
What is blunt trauma?
Incidence of injury is highest in bombing survivors
What is Soft tissue?
Important to do when EMS system uses a helicopter to transport patient
What is orientation session with helicopter personnel?
Abbreviated as AVUP
What is alert,verbal, unresponsive, painful?
When removing a critically injured patient from his or her vehicle
What is protect the cervical spine during the entire process?