Trauma Flashcards
Important signs in basilar skull fracture
CURRERI FORMULA
day
25KCAL/KG/DAq
PLUS 40KCAL/TBSA/
Also known as ESMARCH MANEUVER
Jaw thrust
Site of needle thoracostomy decompression
2nd ICS MCL
Occurs with full thickness loss of chest wall, permitting free communication between the pleural space and the athmosphere
Open pneumothorax
Definitive management for open pneumothorax
Closure of chest wall defect and closed tube thoracostomy
Site of chest tube thoracostomy
4th or 5th ICS MAL
Carotid pulse pressure
60mmHG
Femoral pulse pressure
70mmHG
Radial pulse pressur
80mmHG
Earliest sign of cardiac tamponade
Kussmaul sign
Pulsus paradoxus
Ml of blood in massive hemothorax
more than 1500 ml
Preferred diagnostic test for cardiac tamponade
Echocardiography
Gold standard for diagnosis of CSF Leak
(+) B2 TRANSFERRIN
Hematoma that crosses the suture lines
Acute subdural hematoma
Vessel involved in subdural hematoma
Bridging veins
Volume of Epidural jematoma thst requires craniotomy and evacuation
> 30 ml
Criteria for acute subdural hematoma that requires craniotomy and evacuation
More than >10mm thick or with midline shift >5mm
Suspected in a patient with depressed sensorium that is disproportionate to findings in CRABIALCT
Diffuse axonal injury
Current standard of care for acute spinal cord injury
Iv methylprednisolone
30 ml
Gold standard procedure for abdominal injury
DIAGNOSTIC PERITONEAL LAVAGELAVAGEQ
Lethal triad
Coagulability
Hypothermua
Acidosis
Abdominal perfusion pressure formul
App=MAP-IAP
Most commonly injured organ
Liver
2nd most commonly injured orga
Spleen
Fx of ulna with dislocation of radial head
Monteggia’s
Fx of distal radius with dislocation of DRUJ
GaleAzzi’s
Fx of radial shaft at the junction of distal and middle thirds WITHOUT an associated FX of ulna
PIEDMONT’S
Most common facial fx
Nasal fracture
LEFORT TYPE: complete craniofacial separation
LEFORT 3
2nd most common facial fracture
Mandible
Closed reduction of nose should be done within _ days
WITHIN 10DAYS
Most common cause of hospital admission related to burn
Flame burn
2nd. Scald burn
Period of immediate resuscitation
Witihin 48 hours
-assess
- classify
-criteria for admission
-er management
Hydrate
Wound dressing
MonitoringMore ACCURATE method of assessing burn extent especially in children
LUND AND BROWDER CHART
More precise estimation of extent of burn in which percentage of total body surface area is represented by anatomic parts at various age
BERKOW DIAGRAM
Most common cause of death in burns
Burn wound sepsis
Abdominal compartment syndrome is ___mmHg
> 20mmHG
Aortic hypertension is defined as PRESSURE OF >___mmHG
12mmHg
Composition of DAIKIN SOLUTION
15ml sodium hypochlorite
985ml pnss
Caloric formula used to compute in burn injury
CURRERI FORMULA
day
25KCAL/KG/DAq
PLUS 40KCAL/TBSA/
