QUESTION AND 100% CORRECT
Battlefield trauma care was based off of what two civilian courses prior to 9/11? - ANSWER-
1) Emergency Medical Technician
2) Advanced Trauma Life Support
we used to train to care for non-tactical (civilian) settings
What are some things military trauma care have to consider? (unlike civilian trauma care) -
ANSWER- - Hostile Fire
- Darkness
- Environmental Changes
- Different wounding epidemiology
- Limited Equipment
- Need for tactical maneuver
- Long delays to hospital care
- Different medical training and experience
Junctional Hemorrhage - ANSWER- wound caused by IED (improvised explosive
devices)
Tension Pneumothorax - ANSWER- Air escapes the lungs (sucking chest wound)
Pressure builds up in chest
Air pressure collapses lung and pushes on the heart
Heart compressed - not able to pump well (cardiac arrest)
Battlefield trauma care was based off of what two civilian courses prior to 9/11? - ANSWER-
1) Emergency Medical Technician
2) Advanced Trauma Life Support
we used to train to care for non-tactical (civilian) settings
What are some things military trauma care have to consider? (unlike civilian trauma care) -
ANSWER- - Hostile Fire
- Darkness
- Environmental Changes
- Different wounding epidemiology
- Limited Equipment
- Need for tactical maneuver
- Long delays to hospital care
- Different medical training and experience
Junctional Hemorrhage - ANSWER- wound caused by IED (improvised explosive
devices)
Tension Pneumothorax - ANSWER- Air escapes the lungs (sucking chest wound)
Pressure builds up in chest
Air pressure collapses lung and pushes on the heart
Heart compressed - not able to pump well (cardiac arrest)
