EMT Trauma Flashcards
What is trauma?
Serious physical or emotional injury/damage. It can also be a physical wound or injury to the body. Could also be an emotional response to a terrible event like rape or a natural disaster.
Trauma emergencies
Medical Emergencies
What are the three things you need to know about an injury from a trauma?
how, what, where
Mechanism of injury
Significant injury
Non-significant injury
Multisystem injury/trauma
Injuries where more than one body system is impacted. This can mean the patient is in a life-threatening situation. These impacts create a high acuity level and may require extensive care from an interdisciplinary medical team.
Blunt Trauma
This type of trauma is noninvasive and does not break the skin barrier. Often is very serious and has potential for internal bleeding.
Blunt Trauma
This type of trauma is noninvasive and does not break the skin barrier. Often is very serious and has potential for internal bleeding.
Penetrating trauma
This type of trauma penetrated the skin level as well as various levels below the skin. External and internal wounds.
coup and countrecoup brain injury
Deceleration
Index of syspicion
Cavitation
Projectiles
Trajectory
What are the four ways blast traumas can occur?
Primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary. It depends on the mechanism of occurrence. Typically, a patient will only have one type of blast injury.
Define the four types of blast traumas:
Golden hour/period
During a physical assessment, what are the four things you should focus on alongside the physical assessment?
Chief complaint, visual clues, vital signs, and symptoms
Components of the patient assessment
Classification system of trauma centers
Revised trauma score (RTS)
Glascow Coma Scale (GCS)
Scene Time
Platinum 10
Types of transportation resources
Major parts of the cardiovascular system
Heart, veins, capillaries, arteries.
Perfusion
Pumping of fluid through an organ or tissues
Hemmorhage
Hypovolemic shock
Hemophilia
Vasoconstriction
Coagulation
Characteristics and significance of external bleeding
Signs and symptoms of internal bleeding
contusion
ecchoymosis
hematuria
hematemesis
melena
Basic techniques to control bleeding
Use of standard precautions
Types of skin and soft tissue injuries
Soft tissue-open and closed injuries
Skins function
avulsion
fascia
contamination abrasion
compartment syndrome
How do you handle a closed or open injury?
The patient assessment of open and closed injuries includes scene size-up/MOI, primary assessment, patient history, secondary assessment, and reassessment. Make sure to pay attention to the presentation of the injury.
Functions of the skin
Temperature regulation, nerve pathway, shielding to maintain fluids inside the body and keep bacteria out.
RICES
Evisceration
Examples of closed wounds
complete or closed fractures
Examples of open wounds
abdominal, impaled objects, neck injuries, compound fractures, bites
