Trauma Flashcards
1
Q
Trauma is the leading cause of death for pts ages?
A
one to 44
2
Q
Trauma at the scene include?
A
-Laceration to aorta, heart or brainstem
3
Q
1 to 2 hours after the traumatic event?
A
- Spleen, liver, lungs, organ injury with significant blood loss
4
Q
Days to weeks after the event
A
- Do to complications or multiple organ failure
5
Q
Environmental factors influencing trauma?
A
Socioeconomic status
- Children in poverty die 2.6 times more
- Impoverish children are less likely to be restraint
6
Q
Types of intentional trauma
A
- Child abuse
- Mechanism of injury is most commonly correlated with age of child
7
Q
Demographic factors influencing trauma?
A
General
- Adolescent boys are injured twice as often as girls
Homicides
- 50% homicide in children are black males
- rates are three times higher than females
