Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is the Golden Hour? - First 60 minutes after traumatic injury Describe Platinum 10 minutes: - Time that it should take to load and go Describe the windshield survey: - When arriving on scene, scan through the windshield to look at what is all involved in the scene. This is a crucial part of scene safety.

What makes up the ITLS Primary Survey - Scene size up Initial assessment Rapid trauma survey or Focused exam Critical interventions and transport decisions Contact medical direction What makes up the ITLS Secondary Survey - Repeat initial assessment Repeat vital signs Perform neuro exam Perform head to toe exam What makes up the ITLS Ongoing Exam - Repeat initial assessment Repeat vital signs Reassess abdomen Check injuries and interventions

Normal adult heart rate - 60-100 beats per minute normal adult respiratory rate - 12-20 breaths per minute Normal adult blood pressure - 120/80 mmHg flail chest - A condition in which two or more ribs are fractured in two or more places or in association with a fracture of the sternum so that a segment of the chest wall is effectively detached from the rest of the thoracic cage. Signs and symptoms of flail chest - Paradoxical movement of the chest, decreased lung volumes, decreased lung c...

Normal adult heart rate - 60-100 beats per minute normal adult respiratory rate - 12-20 breaths per minute Normal adult blood pressure - 120/80 mmHg flail chest - A condition in which two or more ribs are fractured in two or more places or in association with a fracture of the sternum so that a segment of the chest wall is effectively detached from the rest of the thoracic cage. Signs and symptoms of flail chest - Paradoxical movement of the chest, decreased lung volumes, decreased lung c...

Q1.What is normal paCO2 - 35-45mmHg When is intercranial pressure considered dangerous - They rise in 15 mmHg and cerebral herniation may occur at pressures above 25 mmHg Q2.How is cerebral perfusion pressure calculated - Subtracting intercranial pressure from mean arterial blood pressure What is map - Mean arterial pressure Q3.If ICP increases then what happens to cerebral perfusion pressure - Cerebral perfusion pressure will decrease Through perfusion pressure must maintain at least wh...

ITLS 9th edition Advanced Pre-test WITH ANSWERS In a rear-impact motor vehicle collision, which area of the spine is most susceptible to injury? A. Cervical B. Thoracic C. Lumbar D. Sacral-coccygeal -A. Cervical A 36-year-old male sustains blunt force thoracic trauma and fits the criteria for a loadand-go patient. Which of the following should be performed on the scene? A. Obtain an ECG B. Establish vascular access C. Obtain a finger-stick serum lactate level D. Assess for other pote...

Which injuries are by and large responsible for the majority of mortality from trauma in the world? Motion What are the three separate events in an MVC? Machine collision, body collision, organ collision Five forms of MVCs? Frontal, lateral, rear, rollover, rotational Common injuries for frontal collisions? Windshield, whiplash, steering wheel, compression, dashboard Common injuries for lateral collisions? Lateral displacement, side impact Common injuries for rear collisions? Whiplash, s...

Abnormal adult respiratory rate that needs intervention (airway, bag assist etc..) <8 and >24 When to do spinal mobilization in initial assessment Right after airway A,(C-spine)B,C,(Control bleeding) 3 things that stop your assessment right away. scene hazard, airway obstruction, cardiac arrest During the Primary Survey, when do you Control major bleeding In the Initial assessment Airway, breathing, circulation, control bleeding When the injury occurs, what clock just started? The ...

Solving a client's problems professionally as a lawyer involves: NONE OF THESE ANSWERS: - trusting that the first reasonable solution that occurs to you is likely the best - convergent, but not divergent thinking divergent, but not convergent thinking In order to generate the largest number of possible solutions for a client, a lawyer should: Temporarily deactivate his/her skepticism. In the process of evaluating options for a client, analytical reasoning is more valuable than: Answers ...