Chapter 24 Flashcards
Arterial air embolism
Air bubbles in the arterial blood vessels
Blunt trauma
Impact on the body without penetrating the soft tissues, internal organs or cavities
Cavitation
Speed causes a bullet to generate pressure waves cause damage distant from the bullet
Coup-contrecoup brain injury
Injury that occurs when force is applied to the head causing trauma on the opposite side of the brain
Glasgow cons scale score
Tool to determine level of consciousness based on point being awarded for
Eye opening
Verbal response
Motor response
Index of suspicion
Awareness that unseen life-threatening injuries may exist when determining mechanism of injury
Kinetic injury
Energy of a moving object
Potential energy
Characteristics of a situation that leave the potential for energy
Revised trauma score
Scoring system used with head trauma
Trauma score
1-16 points
Likelihood patient will survive, takes into account GCS, respiratory rate, respiratory expansion, systolic pressure, capillary refil
GCS
Glasgow Coma Scale Score
Three kinds of energy
Potential
Kendrick
Work
3 types of collisions in auto accident
- Vehicle against external object
- Patient against vehicle
- Patients internal organs on internal skeletal system
Define significant fall
Over 20ft
4 aspects of a blast injury
Primary- initial blast related injury
Secondary- debris
Tertiary- impact with another object
Quaternary- peripheral injuries (burns scrapes)
