Trauma Overview

Question 1

Trauma emergencies

Answer 1

Occurs as a result of physical forces applied to the body

Question 2

Medical Emergencies

Answer 2

Illness or conditions that are not caused by an outside force

Question 3

Index of suspicion

Answer 3

Your awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and unseen injuries

Question 4

Traumatic injury

Answer 4

Occurs when body’s tissues are exposed to energy levels beyond their tolerance

Question 5

Mechanism of Injury (MOI)

Answer 5

The way in which traumatic injuries occurs. Describes the forces acting on the body that cause injury

Question 6

Three concepts of energy typically associated with injury

Answer 6

Potential Energy
Kinetic Energy
Energy of work

Question 7

Work

Answer 7

Defined as force acting over a distance

Question 8

Kinetic Energy

Answer 8

Energy of a moving object

KE = 1/2m x V^2

Question 9

Energy cannot be…

Answer 9

Created nor destroyed, only converted

Question 10

Potential Energy

Answer 10

The product of mass (weight), force of gravity, and height. Associated with the energy of falling objects

Question 11

Multisystem Trauma

Answer 11

Injury to more than one body system

Question 12

Blunt Trauma

Answer 12

Result of force to the body that causes injury without anything penetrating the soft tissues or internal organs and cavities

Question 13

Penetrating Trauma

Answer 13

Results in injury by objects that pierce and penetrate the surface of the body and injure the underlying soft tissues, internal organs, and body cavities

Question 14

Common MOIs for blunt trauma

Answer 14

Motor vehicle crashes and falls

Question 15

What are the three collision in a typical impact?

Answer 15

1. Collision of the car against another car, a tree, or some other object
2. The collision of the passenger against the interior of the car
3. The collision of the passenger’s internal organs against the solid structures of the body