Trauma Flashcards
Air bubbles in the aerial blood vessels
Arterial Air Embolism
An impact on the body by objects that cause injury without penetrating soft tissues on internal organs and cavities.
Blunt Trauma
A phenomenon in which speed causes a bullet to generate pressure waves, which cause damage distant from the bullet’s path.
Cavitation
A brain injury that occurs when force is applied to the head and energy transmission through brain tissue causes injury on the opposite side of the original impact.
Coup-Contrecoup Brain Injury
The slowing of an object.
Deceleration
Emergencies that require EMS attention because of illnesses or conditions not caused by an outside force.
Medical Emergencies
Trauma that affects more than one body system
Multisystem Trauma
Injury caused by objects, such as knives and bullets, that pierce the surface of the body and damage internal tissues and organs.
Penetrating Trauma
The product of mass, gravity, and height, which is converted into kinetic energy and results in injury, such as from a fall.
Potential Energy
An object propelled by force, such as a bullet by a weapon.
Projectile
Pulmonary trauma resulting from short-range exposure to the detonation of explosives.
Pulmonary Blast Injuries
A scoring system used for patients with head trauma.
Revised Trauma Score (RTS)
The path a projectile takes once it is propelled.
Trajectory
Emergencies that are the result of physical forces applied to a patient’s body.
Trauma Emergencies
A score calculated from 1 to 16, with 16 being the best possible score. It relates to the likelihood of patient survival with the exception of a severe head injury. It takes into account the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, respiratory rate, respiratory expansion, systolic blood pressure, and capillary refill.
Trauma Score
