Contusions vs concussions - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

TCRN Exam 320 Questions with Verified Answers Most common mechanism of injury - CORRECT ANSWER Falls Forms of energy - CORRECT ANSWER -mechanical -gravitational -thermal -chemical Types of trauma - CORRECT ANSWER -blunt -penetrating -burn -other Blunt trauma - CORRECT ANSWER accounts most injuries sustained frontal impact -aortic & cardiac injury, rib fxs, liver & spleen -dash board posterior hip fx/dislocation, femur, knee injury lateral impact -head/facial, c spine,...

TCRN Exam 320 Questions with Verified Answers Most common mechanism of injury - CORRECT ANSWER Falls Forms of energy - CORRECT ANSWER -mechanical -gravitational -thermal -chemical Types of trauma - CORRECT ANSWER -blunt -penetrating -burn -other Blunt trauma - CORRECT ANSWER accounts most injuries sustained frontal impact -aortic & cardiac injury, rib fxs, liver & spleen -dash board posterior hip fx/dislocation, femur, knee injury lateral impact -head/facial, c spine,...

PEDIATRIC TRAUMA & ACCIDENTAL INJURYACCIDENTSTRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES BY DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE • Infants – MVA, birth trauma, prematurity, shaken, Abuse, fall off table/dropped – bed? (3 ft vs 30 ft) • Toddlers – MVA, fall(window), Abuse, ingestions, drowning • School Age – MVA, moving (bike, pedes), hit with ball/game • Adolescents – MVA, drugs, firearms, blunt or penetrating trauma *includes scalp, skull or brain injuryCONTUSIONS VS CONCUSSIONS • Concussion – S...