ATLS

What is the primary goal of treating TBI? How is this done? - Answer preventing secondary brain injury. This is done by maintaining blood pressure and providing adequate profusion. After managing ABCDEs of TBI what MUST be identified if present? How is this done? - Answer mass lesion that require...

A 22-year-old man is hypotensive and tachycardic after a shotgun wound to the left shoulder. His blood pressure is initially 80/40 mm Hg. After initial fluid resuscitation his blood pressure increases to 122/84 mm Hg. His heart rate is now 100 beats per minute and his respiratory rate is 28 breaths ...

Assessed first in trauma patient - Answer Airway (*)Degree of burn that is characterized by bone involvement - Answer Fourth Complications of head trauma - Answer Intracerebral hematoma Extradural hematoma Brain abscess Most common cause of laryngotracheal stenosis - Answer Trauma Inte...

Glasgow Coma Scale - Answer Chance fracture - Answer Transverse fracture through vertebra. In children usually associated with enterc disruption. Seen in motor vehicle accidents involving only lap belt. May be associated with retroperitoneal and Abdominal visceral injuries. Anterior hip d...

Patients with a GSC of less than ___ usually require intubation. - Answer 8 The "A" in ABCD stands for _______. - Answer Airway maintenance with CERVICAL SPINE PROTECTION You should assume that any patient in a multisystem trauma with an altered level of consciousness or blunt injury above t...

A 22-year-old man is hypotensive and tachycardic after a shotgun wound to the left shoulder. His blood pressure is initially 80/40 mm Hg. After initial fluid resuscitation his blood pressure increases to 122/84 mm Hg. His heart rate is now 100 beats per minute and his respiratory rate is 28 breaths ...

Definitive control of the airway is achieved by ____________ - Answer Endotracheal intubation How do you treat hypothermia in the ED? - Answer crystalloid fluids at 102.2 degrees F and warmed treatment area What does definitive hemorrhage control refer to? (3) - Answer 1) Possible surgery 2)...