trauma 223 Flashcards
Hydroflouric Acid Burns are treated with:
Calcium Gluconate
What should you suspect with a high temperature steam injury with stridor?
Glottic Injury
What type of nerve fibers are stimulated in peridontitis?
somatic nerve fibers
What happens with capillary stagnation and hemorragic shock?
precapillary sphincters open and the red blood cells clump together
what sign is indicative of a splenic injury?
shoulder pain
What is the first treatment for compensated shock?
High flow 02
what is the first line treatment after ROSC that has hypotension after a 1 liter bolus of normal saline?
0.1-0.5ug of epinepherine 1-10000
What is the most likely injury if you get hit in the face with a baceball bat?
Eyeball injury
What decreases pulse pressure in hemorragic shock?
the increase in vascular resistance
Patients who have hyporesonance of lungs, JVD, and a scaphoid abdomen are likely to need what as a first line treatment? why?
Assisted ventilations; suspected diaphragmatic injury/herniation
Which burn injury zone can have the greatest damage to tissues?
Zone of Coagulation
What is NOT a predicatble INITIAL injury of pediatric pedestrian vs. motor vehicle?
Facial Trauma
what can you expect of newtons 1st law of physics when it comes to motor vehicle crashes?
there’s at least 3 collisions with a motor vehicle crash
whats the map of 160/100?
120
whats a formula for MAP?
(2xDiastolic)+Systolic/3
Whats the MAP of 120/60?
80
Whats the MAP of 146/65
92
What diagnosis can be easily missed if you did not do an appropriate scene size up?
Myocardial Contusion