Trauma

Question 1

What is the STEP survery?

Answer 1

To prepare a team for arrival of trauma patient

- Self, Team, Enviornment, Patient

Question 2

What is used to do the initial assessment of a patient?

Answer 2

CABCDE

Question 3

What is the definition of shock?

Answer 3

failure to properly perfuse and oxygenate vital organs

Question 4

What is saline used for in trauma?

Answer 4

as a bridge, usually only give blood or nothing as saline does not carry O2 or help blood clot

Question 5

Which 3 blood tests are the most important in trauma?

Answer 5

BG, Cross match, Clotting

Question 6

What are two causes of trauma that could cause B and C shock simultaneously?

Answer 6

massive haemothorax, tension pneumothorax

Question 7

How would you treat a tension pneumothorax?

Answer 7

thoracocentesis, thoracotomy, chest drain

Question 8

What is a pneumonic for remembering causes of life threatening injury?

Answer 8

ATOM FC - airway obstruction, tension pneumothorax, open pneumothorax, massive haemothorax, flail chest, cardiac tamponade

Question 9

Why would splenic haemorrhage not cause peritonitis?

Answer 9

the spleen is encapsulated