Chapter 25 TRAUMA OVERVIEW

Cavitation

Bullet causes pressure waves distal to bullets path

Work

Force acting over a distance

Index of suspicion

Awareness and concern for injuries

collisions motorcycle cant have

rear, rotational

Three impacts of motorvehichle collision

Car hit obj, passenger hit car, organ hit body

spiderwebbed webbed shield suggests injury to

brain

most common cause of death from blast injury

head trauma

primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary (misc) blast injuries

body flown from pressure wave, debris, body propelled into object, damage to building creating hazards

airbag protects body except for this organ

heart

on scene time for critical patients

10 minutes

synonym for t bone crashes

lateral

most common life threat in rollover

ejection

fall from this height considered significant

20 ft or more

newtons third law

for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

level I, II, III, IV trauma centers

comprehensive definitive trauma care, capable of handling most trauma cases, provides initial stabilization and recusitation, rural trauma center that does initial assessment before transporting

whiplash or coup contrecoup

head moves backwards and forward, injuring brain in front and back

leading cause of death for adults 44 and under

traumatic injuries

do helmets protect against cv spine injuries

no

kinetic energy formula

ke= .5m x V²

airbags decrease the severity of this injury

deceleration

using eye opening, verbal response, and motor response, this rates a patients level of conciousness

glasgow coma scale

platinum 10

the limited time for patients w multisystem trauma

newtons first law

obj at rest stays in rest, obj in motion stays in motion, unless acted on by a force

revised trauma score

assesses severity of patients injuries for triage

rapid pulse and irregular breathing after blunt trauma to chest indicator for what

myocardial bruising