Injured child Flashcards
1
Q
How are growth plate injuries classified?
A
Salter Harris classification
2
Q
What are the reasons that children tend to injure differently to adults?
A
1 - Large surface area: volume ratio
2 - Large heads
3 - Smaller mass
4 - Skeleton incompletely calcified
5 - Less elastic connective tissue
6 - Poor temperature regulation
7 - Hypoglycaemia
3
Q
What are some of the life-threatening traumas that children can present with?
A
1 - Foreign body inhalation
2 - Pneumothorax
3 - Raised ICP
4 - Burns
5 - Trauma
6 - Sepsis
4
Q
What is the aim of trauma resuscitation?
A
Restore tissue oxygenation as quickly as possible
