Day 1 Trauma

Question 1

What are the two categories of trauma?

Answer 1

Blunt

Penetrating

Question 2

What is a life threatening injury

Answer 2

involves head or physical injury or hemorrhage into the body cavity.

Question 3

How to determine life threatening vs non life threatening

Answer 3

Altered ABC

blood loss

Question 4

What is surveillance?

Answer 4

Essentially your scene size-up.

Question 5

What is the Haddon matrix

Answer 5

identifies elements: Before incident, During incident, After incident ,Victim, causitive elements, factors surrounding incident

Question 6

Trauma care systems planning and development act of 1990, what is it?

Answer 6

…….

Question 7

What are the level of trauma centers?

Answer 7

Level 1 Trauma center (staff always on site)
Level 2 Trauma center (Can have all specialist at the hosptial within 30min)
Level 3 Trauma center (community; generally not suited for trauma)
level 4 trauma center (stabilize and transfer)

Question 8

Name some specialty centers.

Answer 8

Neurocenters
burn center
etc

Question 9

Scene size up

Answer 9

BSI
Number of patients
Gas leaks 
Electrical poles down 
Gas lines 
MOI

Question 10

The golden period

Answer 10

Incident to surgery time = 1hour.

Question 11

QI

Answer 11

examines system performance with aim of providing better patient care.

Question 12

What is trauma?

Answer 12

Unintentional or intentional physical injury.