Trauma
The systematic approach to assessing a trauma patient
What is the Primary Survey?
This up and down segment causes a lot of heartaches.
What is the ST segment?
This is running through your veins during a cardiac arrest but the patient might need a dose too.
What is adrenaline?
12 and 8 every 20 mins x 3
What are rescues?
This has taken Jeremy over 5 years to get and he couldn't be happier
What is the LUCAS?
The delivery of multiple blood products to mimic whole blood.
What is Mass Transfusion Protocol?
A common non lethal irregularly irregular rhythm with no P wave.
What is Atrial Fibrillation?
The Causes of Cardiac Arrest.
What are the 4t's and 4 H's?
These drugs will have your patients shouting " nurse, nurse i need the pan!" every 20 mins.
What are diuretics?
This goes under clinical not security.
What is a Code Black?
Raised in trauma as well as sepsis and seizures due to anaerobic metabolism.
What is lactate?
Ventricular Fibrillation and Ventricular Tachycardia.
What is a shockable rhythm?
A fast way to reduce a high potassium.
What is calcium?
These drugs should be given after sedation but before intubation.
What are paralytics?
We have at least 35 of these surprisingly expensive items missing.
What are duress alarms
One of three components with coagulopathy and hypothermia that make up the trauma triad.
What is Acidosis?
This interval can abnormally lengthen with some conditions and drugs, increasing the risk of lethal rhythms.
What is the QT interval?
A procedure required in a can't intubate, can't ventilate scenario.
What is a surgical Cricothyroidotomy?
No more SVT with a side of an impending sense of doom?
What is adenosine?
Tye famously hates using this medium when delivering education.
What is paper?
I whip my brain back and forth and cause this type of injury
What is Coup contrecoup?
a combination of the presence of a congenital accessory pathway and episodes of tachyarrhythmia
What is Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome?
The most commonly used thrombolysis drug used in cardiac arrest
What is Tenecteplase?
The patient says "oh no my muscles are doing weird things but I no longer feel sick"
What is metoclopramide?
Once was red and now is green.
What is bed 6?