THE MOST COMMON PREVENTABLE CAUSE OF DEATH IN A TRAUMA PATIENT
WHAT IS HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK?
DIRECT FORCE IS TRANSMITTED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN
WHAT IS AXIAL LOADING?
TEAR SHAPED PUPIL, LOSS OF VISION, SCLERAL AND CORNEAL DAMAGE?
WHAT MAY BE SEEN WITH A RUPTURED GLOBE?
RIB FRACTURES WITH PARADOXICAL CHEST WALL MOVEMENT
WHAT IS A FLAIL CHEST?
INTERVENTION FOR A HYPOTENSIVE AND SUPINE PREGNANT PATIENT
WHAT IS TURN THE PATIENT TO HER LEFT SIDE?
PRESENCE OF RECTAL TONE AND PERIANAL SENSATION IN SPINAL CORD INJURY.
WHAT IS SACRAL SPARING?
HYPOTHERMIA, COAGULOPATHY, AND METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
WHAT IS THE TRIAD OF DEATH?
IN THIS TYPE OF INJURY, PULMONARY BAROTRAUMA AND TYMPANIC MEMBRANE RUPTURE OCCUR
WHAT IS PRIMARY BLAST INJURY?
THE CLINICAL FINDINGS IN THIS TRIAD ARE: BRADYCARDIA
WIDENING PULSES
DIMISHED RESPIRATORY EFFORT
WHAT IS CUSHING'S TRIAD?
A CLASSIC SYMPTOM OF SPLENIC INJURY
WHAT IS LEFT SHOULDER PAIN? (KEHR'S SIGN)
CERVICAL ARTHRITIS, CEREBRAL ATROPHY, GAIT INSTABILITY
WHAT ARE SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE GERIATRIC PATIENT?
NO MIDLINE TENDERNESS, NO FOCAL NEURO DEFICIT, NORMAL ALERTNESS, NO INTOXICATION, NO PAINFUL DISTRACTING INJURY
WHAT ARE CLINICAL C-SPINE CLEARANCE CRITERIA?
IN THIS STAGE, THERE IS HYPOTENSION AND TISSUE DAMAGE
WHAT IS DECOMPENSATED (PROGRESSIVE) SHOCK?
THIS TYPE OF INJURY INCREASES FOUR TIMES WHEN VELOCITY IS DOUBLED.
WHAT IS KINETIC ENERGY? KE=1/2mv2
THIS TYPE OF FACIAL FRACTURE HAS THE HIGHEST RISK OF AIRWAY COMPROMISE.
WHAT IS A LE FORT III FRACTURE?
MUFFLED HEART SOUNDS, HYPOTENSION, AND DISTENDED JUGULAR VEINS.
WHAT ARE SIGNS OF PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE? (BECK'S TRIAD)
VICTIMS DISROBE, WASH WITH SOAP AND WATER, AND DRY WITH A TOWEL IN THIS PROCESS.
WHAT IS DECONTAMINATION?
THE PRESENCE OF A SPINAL CORD INJURY DESPITE NEGATIVE IMAGING
WHAT IS SPINAL CORD INJURY WITHOUT RADIOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITY (SCIWORA)?
THIS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ALLOWS A LOWER THAN NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE TO AVOID "POPPING THE CLOT"
WHAT IS HYPOTENSIVE RESUSCITATION (PERMISSIVE HYPOTENSION)?
THE TRAJECTORY OF A DRIVER THROWN THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD.
WHAT IS "UP AND OVER" PATHWAY?
DROWSINESS, NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND SLUGGISH PUPILLARY REACTION
WHAT ARE EARLY ASSESSMENT FINDINGS OF INCREASED ICP?
BOWEL SOUNDS HEARD IN THE CHEST AFTER BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA
WHAT IS A SIGN OF RUPTURED DIAPHRAGM?
ATTACH CO2 DETECTOR AND ASSESS FOR CO2, OBSERVE CHEST RISE AND FALL, LISTEN TO EPIGASTRUM AND LUNGS
WHAT IS DONE TO CONFIRM ETT PLACEMENT?
AN INJURY ABOVE THIS LEVEL OF THE SPINE WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RESPIRATORY COMPROMISE
WHAT IS THE 5TH CERVICAL VERTEBRAE?
THIS STAGE IS MANIFESTED BY AN ANXIOUS PATIENT WITH TACHYPNEA, A NORMAL SYSTOLIC BP, AND A RISING DIASTOLIC BP
WHAT IS COMPENSATED SHOCK?
IN THIS IMPACT, THE INTERNAL ORGANS COLLIDE WITHIN THE BODY CAVITY.
WHAT IS THE THIRD IMPACT?
PRESSURE ON THE THIRD CRANIAL NERVE, MEDICATIONS, AND PHYSIOLOGIC ANISOCORIA
WHAT ARE CAUSES OF PUPILLARY CHANGES?
150-200ML FLUID NECESSARY, DOES NOT EVALUATE THE RETROPERITONEAL SPACE, AND OPERATOR DEPENDENT.
WHAT ARE LIMITATIONS OF A FAST EXAM?
WHAT IS A DEGLOVING INJURY?
THIS TYPE OF SHOCK DEMONSTRATED BY THE LOSS OF VASCULAR TONE
WHAT IS NEUROGENIC SHOCK?