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Spine/Spinal Cord Trauma

100

Device used to provide immobilization to the neck

C-collar

200

12 vertebrae in this region

Thoracic

300

Loss of vasomotor tone and sympathetic innervation to the heart

neurogenic shock

400

results from biochemical and cellular reactions that cause inflammation of tissues 

secondary SCI

500

severe headache, bradycardia, facial flushing, diaphoresis of the lower part of the body

autonomic dysreflexia

Musculoskeletal Trauma

100

A wound over a deformity of the lower extremity

Open fracture

200

This area can accumulate liters of blood upon injury

Pelvis

300

Petechial rash, respiratory distress, AMS

Fat Embolism Syndrome

400

Dark, amber urine and elevated CK secondary to a crush injury

Traumatic rhabdomyolosis/crush syndrome

500

The 5 Ps of Compartment Syndrome

Pain, pallor, paresthesia, paralysis, pulselessness

Geriatric Trauma

100

This is the most common mechanism of injury for the geriatric trauma patient population

Falls

200

The medication class that may impact the presentation of shock within the geriatric trauma patient population

Beta Blockers

300

Arthritic changes to these two areas may increase the difficulty of intubation

Mouth and Cervical Spine

400

This class of medications should be reversed upon the identification of an intracranial abnormality

Anticoagulants

500

The geriatric patient is at risk for this secondary to the dura becoming more adherent to the skull with aging

Epidural Hematoma

Abdominopelvic/thoracic Trauma

100

rigid abdomen

peritonitis

200

most common organ injured in trauma

liver

300

patients who undergo this surgical intervention experience immunologic impairment and are at high risk of infection

splenectomy

400

bowel sounds present in the chest or bowel visualized within the thoracic cavity upon XR

diaphragmatic injury

500

a fracture of two or more sequential ribs in wo or more locations

flail chest

Head Injuries

100

Injury to this area of the brain may cause personality changes. Common manifestations include impulsiveness, impaired judgement, language difficulty

frontal

200

This type of bleeding occurs between the dura mater and the brain

subdural

300

Name two components of a pupillary assessment

Size, Shape, Reactivity, Accommodation

400

This type of intracranial abnormality is characterized by a period of lucidity

epidural hematoma

500

bradycardia, irregular respirations, widened pulse pressure

cushings triad