TNCC study guide

what roles are vital to a trauma team? -The Pt, team leader, care team, support services (anesthesia, RT, paramedics) what are the characteristics of an effective team? -Dynamic, interdependent, adaptive What are the key foundations to successful teamwork in the care of the trauma patient? - Communications, cooperation, coordination. what tools can be used to promote communication within a team structure -SBAR, DESC, CUS, callout define Kinematics -study of energy transfer as it applies to identifying actual or potential injuries define Bio mechanics -general study of forces and their effects on living tissue and the human body define Mechanism of Injury (MOI) -forces in the environment and how they are transferred to a body what are newtons 1st, 2nd, and 3rd laws of motion -1. body at rest/rest, body in motion/motion. 2. force=mass X acceleration 3. action/equal and opposite reaction law of conservation of energy -energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but it can change form