ORGANIZATION OF TRAUMA CARE 29-1 Flashcards
THE FRENCH WORD TO SORT….
TRIAGE
SETS THE STAGE FOR EVALUATION, TREATMENT AND TRANSPORT OF THE INJURED?
TRIAGE
TRIAGE CATEGORIES DO NOT CHANGE ONCE GIVEN T/F?
FALSE.
- THE NUMBER OF INJURED BODIES
- AVAILABLE RESOURCES
- NATURE AND EXTENT OF INJURIES
- CHANGE IN PATIENTS CONDITION
- HOSTILE THREATS IN THE AREA.
ALL OF THESE FACTORS CAN AFFECT WHAT WHEN DEALING WITH A MASS CASUALTY SCENARIO?
THE CATEGORIES AND HOW THEY ARE PLACED ON PATIENTS.
HOW DO YOU DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN A MULTIPLE PATIENT CASUALTY EVENT VS. A MASS CASUALTY EVENT?
MULTIPLE CASUALTY DOES NOT EXCEED MEDICAL CAPABILITIES VS. MASS CASUALTY.
FIVE PRINCIPLES OF TRIAGE:
- DEGREE OF LIFE THREATENING INJURIES SUSTAINED
- SEVERITY OF INJURIES
- SALVAGEABILITY
- RESOURCES
- TIME, DISTANCE AND EVIRONMENT
DESISCIONS MADE FOR TRIAGE ARE BASED ON WHAT?
THE BEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME.
WHAT TYPE OF TRIAGE IS BASED ON MAINTAINING A SUPERIOR FIGHTING FORCE BY RETURNING ABLE BODIED PERSONNEL TO THE FIGHT ASAP?
MILITARY TRIAGE
WHAT MUST NEVER BE CONSIDERED WHEN DEALING WITH A MASS CASUALTY SCENARIO?
ABANDONING YOUR CASUALTIES
CATEGORIES OF MILITARY TRIAGE
IMMEDIATE
DELAYED
MINIMAL
EXPECTANT
(IDME)
CATEGORY OF MILITARY TRIAGE:
- NEEDS LIFESAVING INTERVENTIONS WITHIN MINUTES TO 2 HOURS.
- EXAMPLES:
- MASSIVE HEMORRHAGE
- AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
- TENSION PNEUMO
- LOSS OF LIMB/AMPUTATION
IMMEDIATE
CATEGORY OF MILITARY TRIAGE:
- CAN WAIT FOR DIFINITIVE TREATMENT SUCH AS SURGERY, BUT CURRENT CONDITION WILL NOT ENDANGER LIFE, LIMB, OR EYESIGHT.
- EXAMPLES INCLUDE:
- SOFT TISSUE INJURIES WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT BLEEDING
- FRACTURES
- COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
- BURNS TO LESS THAN 20% OF THE BODY.
- PENETRATING INJURIES WITHOUT SIGNS OF SHOCK
- FACIAL FRACTURES WITH NO AIRWAY COMPROMISE
DELAYED
CATEGORY OF MILITARY TRIAGE:
- CAN BE TREATED WITH SELF AID, BUDDY AID, OR BY THE MEDIC.
- USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH “WALKING WOUNDED”
- EXAMPLES INCLUDE:
- MINOR BURNS, LACERATIONS, CONTUSIONS
- SIMPLE, CLOSED FRACTURES WITHOUT NEURO VASCULAR COMPROMISE.
- COMBAT STRESS
MINIMAL
WHAT TRIAGE CATEGORY OF PATIENT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO UTILIZE FOR SCENE SECURITY AND ALSO AID IN TREATMENT OF HIGHER CATEGORY PATIENTS?
MINIMAL
CATEGORY OF MILITARY TRIAGE:
-THESE PATIENTS HAVE VERY LOW LIKELIHOOD OF SURVIVAL EVEN IF YOU WERE RIGHT BY DIFINITIVE CARE.
-THIS CATEGORY IS ONLY USED WHEN RESOURCES ARE LIMITED (MASS CASUALTY)
EXMAPLES INCLUDE:
*NO SIGNS OF LIFE
*CARDIOPULMONARY FAILURE
*2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO GREATER THAN 85% OF BSA.
*SPINAL CORD INJURIES
*OPEN PELVIC FRACTURE
EXPECTANT
EVEN IF YOU PUT SOMEONE IN EXPECTANT CATEGORY, THIS DOES NOT STOP WHAT?
RE ASSESSMENT AND CARE
MANAGEMENT OF SOMEONE WHO IS DEEMED EXPECTANT
PAIN MEDS
COMFORT
WHAT ARE THE FOUR COLORS THAT SIGNIFY PATIENT CATEGORIES ON THE NATO TAG?
BLACK FOR EXPECTANT
GREEN FOR MINIMAL
YELLOW FOR DELAYED
RED FOR IMMEDIATE
STAGE OF TRIAGE:
SIMPLE AND QUICK CATEGORIZATION OF PATIENTS AND DEALING WITH IMMEDIATE LIFE SAVING MEASURES LIKE A NEEDLE D. OPENING AN AIRWAY OR APPLYING A TOURNIQUET.
INITIAL/ PRIMARY TRIAGE
THIS STAGE OF TRIAGE:
ALLOWS FOR ADJUSTMENT ON PATIENT RESPONSE, TO DIRECT MORE IN DEPTH TREATMENT AND PREPARE FOR A NINE LINE MEDICAL EVACUATION REQUEST
SECONDARY TRIAGE
THIS STAGE OF TRIAGE
AFTER INITIAL AND SECONDARY. HELPS AID IN DETERMINING FINAL DISPOSISTION IN REGARDS TO TRANSPORT CATEGORY FOR MEDEVAC/CASEVAC.
TERTIARY TRIAGE
EARLY TRAUMA DEATHS ARE DUE TO DISRUPTIONS IN ONE OR ALL OF WHICH BODILY SYSTEMS?
CARDIOVASCULAR
PULMONARY
NEUROLOGICAL
CASUALTIES USUALLY DIE WITHIN THIS TIMEFRAME DUE TO INABILITY TO BREATH, LACK OF PERFUSION FOR THE BRAIN TO CONTINUE FUNCTIONING OR FROMM BLEEDING OUT.
1 HOUR
PERSONNEL WHO ARE BLOWN UP IN A BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL ATTACK ARE FIRST PRIORITY AT THE TRIAGE SITE. T/F?
FALSE, THEY MUST BE DECONTAMINATED FIRST.
A PATIENT WHO IS BROUGHT TO A MASS CAS COLLECTION POINT FOR TRIAGE HAS 4 GRENADES, 6 MAGAZINES AND FLASH BANGS. WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN PRIOR TO BEING TREATED.
MUST REMOVE ALL ORDINANCE FOR PERSONNEL SAFETY AND FOR EXAMINATION OF THE PATIENT. THESE PATIENTS ARE USUALLY TREATED LAST
A MINIMALLY TREATED MARINE PRESENTS DURING YOUR SECONDARY TRIAGE. AND IS NOT TALKING, SHAKING AND IS HEAVILY FATIGUED. WHAT WOULD YOU BE CONSIDERING THAT THIS MARINE TO BE SUFFERING FROM IN THE ACUTE STAGES?
COMBAT STRESS.
SOMEONE WHO IS DESIGNATED TO BE SUFFERING FROM COMBAT STRESS SHOULD NOT DO WHAT?
AID IN PATIENT CARE OR LITTER BEARING.
MNEMONIC WHERE RESOURCES AND TACTICAL SITUATIONS ALLOW. IN REGARDS TO COMBAT STRESS PATIENTS
(BICEP)
BRIEF
IMMEDIATE
CENTRAL
EXPECTANT
PROXIMAL
SIMPLE
3 PHASES OF TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY CARE?
- CARE UNDER FIRE
- TACTICAL FIELD CARE
- TACTICAL EVACUATION
PHASE OF TCCC
-GETTING OF THE X AND UNDER COVERAGE, NOT CONCEALMENT. YOU ARE STILL ACTIVELY FIGHTING
CARE UNDER FIRE
PHASE OF TCCC
NOW UNDER COVER, YOU PERFORM A RAPID ASSESSMENT AND ADDRESS ANY LIFE SAVING MEASURES.
THIS IS OPTIMALLY DONE WITHIN A MINUTE.
TACTICAL FIELD CARE
MAJORITY OF PREVENTABLE DEATH IN THE TACTICAL SETTING?
UNCONTROLLED HEMORRHAGE
WHAT PERCENTAGE DOES A PATIENT HAVE OF LIVING IF THEY HAVE A STRONG PULSE AND OBEYS COMMANDS?
95% CHANCE OF SURVIVAL