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,3 questions to ask in trauma - Correct Ans: -what was the dose
of energy?
-where did it go?
-what injuries are likely?
2 q's to ask in GSW - Correct Ans: caliber
type of gun
# of entrance/exit wounds
high/low velocity
1st question to ask in any traumatic injury? - Correct Ans:
what was the dose of energy involved?
(was it high or low?)
what is the caliber of a bullet? - Correct Ans: diameter
,aka diameter of a bullet - Correct Ans: caliber
what happens to projectiles when they enter the body -
Correct Ans: projectiles don't travel in a straight line
consider temporary cavity wound
what should you consider about tissue a projectile enounters -
Correct Ans: temporary cavitation
primary goal of GSW surgery - Correct Ans: usually damage
repair & not bullet removal
-if superficial, it may migrate the surface with time
important thing to remember about retained projectiles -
Correct Ans: they may migrate over time. bullett migration
might explain unexplained clinical findings
, (VP Cheney accidentally shot his friend while hunting in 2006.
ICU and did great. moved to an inpatient unit. had a silent MI
bc a shot gun pellets migrated into a canary artery causing an
infract. so had a MI but fibrinolytic not the answer in this case
b/c it was a "projectile embolus"
aka brestbone - Correct Ans: sternum
what attaches the ribs to the sternum - Correct Ans: cartliage
what breaks thoracic bones - Correct Ans: significant force
-1-2nd ribs, posterior ribs, sternum, scapulae, T2-10
gives us info about the force aka "dose" of energy received
consider injury to internal structures b/c force
ribs that are the most frequently broken - Correct Ans: ribs 4-9
b/c long, thin, and poorly protecte
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,3 questions to ask in trauma - Correct Ans: -what was the dose
of energy?
-where did it go?
-what injuries are likely?
2 q's to ask in GSW - Correct Ans: caliber
type of gun
# of entrance/exit wounds
high/low velocity
1st question to ask in any traumatic injury? - Correct Ans:
what was the dose of energy involved?
(was it high or low?)
what is the caliber of a bullet? - Correct Ans: diameter
,aka diameter of a bullet - Correct Ans: caliber
what happens to projectiles when they enter the body -
Correct Ans: projectiles don't travel in a straight line
consider temporary cavity wound
what should you consider about tissue a projectile enounters -
Correct Ans: temporary cavitation
primary goal of GSW surgery - Correct Ans: usually damage
repair & not bullet removal
-if superficial, it may migrate the surface with time
important thing to remember about retained projectiles -
Correct Ans: they may migrate over time. bullett migration
might explain unexplained clinical findings
, (VP Cheney accidentally shot his friend while hunting in 2006.
ICU and did great. moved to an inpatient unit. had a silent MI
bc a shot gun pellets migrated into a canary artery causing an
infract. so had a MI but fibrinolytic not the answer in this case
b/c it was a "projectile embolus"
aka brestbone - Correct Ans: sternum
what attaches the ribs to the sternum - Correct Ans: cartliage
what breaks thoracic bones - Correct Ans: significant force
-1-2nd ribs, posterior ribs, sternum, scapulae, T2-10
gives us info about the force aka "dose" of energy received
consider injury to internal structures b/c force
ribs that are the most frequently broken - Correct Ans: ribs 4-9
b/c long, thin, and poorly protecte
