Trauma Overview
As the brain collides with the front of the skull and then rebounds causing an injury to the opposite side of the brain is called?
Coup Contrecoup
Which vessel cannot vasoconstrict?
Capillaries
Name the three types of soft tissue injuries
Open
Closed
Burns
When one eye is injured why do we cover both eyes?
To avoid sympathetic motion.
What is another name for an open pneumothorax?
Sucking chest wound
The lining of the abdominal cavity
Peritoneum
An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted on, This is known as?
Newtons first law
Law of Inertia
When treating a bleed from the ear or an epistaxis one thing you should NOT do is this?
Attempt to stop the bleed by packing the wound
This burn is dry and leathery and may not be associated with pain.
Full thickness
third degree
A fracture of the orbit or the bones that support the floor of the orbit.
Blow out fracture
When fluid builds in the pericardial sac (Often identified by Becks Triad) it is known as?
Cardiac Tamponade
With a possible closed abdominal injury we should always have a high Index of suspicion for?
Shock
1/2 Mass X Velocity Squared, is the formula for?
Kinetic energy
After scene safety what is step one in stopping a bleed
Direct Pressure
This injury is treated with a moist sterile dressing to protect the exposed organs?
Evisceration
Other than exsanguination a penetrating injury to the neck can cause this... which may lead to cardiac arrest.
Air Embolism
Paradoxical motion is caused by what injury?
Flail Chest
This organ helps filter blood; when injured can cause referred pain to the left shoulder.
Spleen
The most unpredictable injury pattern is caused by what type of vehicle crash?
Rollover
This dressing is impregnated with chemicals to aid the clotting factor?
Hemostatic dressing
This develops when edema and swelling increase pressure on tissues and limit their ability to expand
Compartment syndrome
The presents of air in the soft tissue that may produce a crackling sensation is called?
Subcutaneous emphysema
When both blood and air collect in the pleural space it is called?
Hemopneumothorax
For an open wound to the torso the treatment is?
Occlusive dressing
Rapid change in tissue and fluid pressure caused by a penetrating projectile is called?
Cavitation
The body cannot tolerate an acute loss of what% blood volume?
20%
The layer of skin containing hair follicles, sweat glands, nerve ending and blood vessels.
Dermis
The membrane that lines the eyelid.
Conjunctiva
The term for Bruising of the Heart
Myocardial Contusion
T/F Solid organs are most likely to spill their contents into the Peritoneum causing significant dammage
False