FISDAP Trauma Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

why are circumferential full thickness burns of an extremity considered so serious? - Answer blood flow to underlying and distal tissue may become restricted a 25-year-old male is unconscious after a car crash. His car struck a tree head-on at highway speeds. He has abdominal guarding upon palpation and bruising around the umbilicus bruising is a sign that there has been significant bleeding into the abdomen - Answer abdominal hemorrhage a 34-year-old male has multiple lacerations on his b...

referred pain - Answer pain felt in an area of the body other than the area where the cause of the pain is located causes of referred pain - Answer connections between the body's two separate nervous systems -nerves connecting SNS and ANS cause the stimulation of the autonomic nerves to be perceived as stimulation of the spinal sensory nerves Appendicitis (pain) - Answer RLQ, rebound tenderness, and around navel (referred) Cholecytitis (pain) - Answer RUQ, right shoulder pain Ruptu...

Anatomy and physiology of the abdomen: RUQ - Answer Liver, Pancreas, Gall Bladder, Pancreas Anatomy and physiology of the abdomen: RLQ - Answer Appendix, Small intestine, ureter Anatomy and physiology of the abdomen: LUQ - Answer Stomach, Spleen, Pancreas Anatomy and physiology of the abdomen: LLQ - Answer Colon, small intestine, ureter Signs and symptoms of a GI bleed - Answer Black/Tarry stool Bright red blood in stool Cramps Tired Pale Shortness of breath Signs and sympto...

During a soccer game, an 18-year-old woman injured her knee. Her knee is in a flexed position and is obviously deformed. What should you do? - Answer manually stabilize the leg above and below the knee A hiker fell 25 feet from a ledge. There is obvious deformity to his thoracic spine and he has a large laceration on his forehead. His BP is 60/40 mmHg, pulse is 50 beats/min, and respirations are 26 breaths/min. His face and chest are pale and cool, but his abdomen and lower extremities are pi...

When to apply tourniquet - ANSWER When direct pressure and all other bleeding control methods have failed, apply tourniquet. Tourniquet Placement - ANSWER Place tourniquet approximately 2 inches above the wound. Used on extremity injuries only. Jaw Thrust Manuever - ANSWER Opening the airway of patient with suspected spinal injury, use Jaw Thrust Maneuver. Used in trauma to neck, head, or spinal injury. Crepitus - ANSWER A grinding sensation caused by fractured bone ends or joints r...

A 56 yr old male complains of tearing chest pain that radiates to his back. He was the restrained driver involved in a car-crash at high-way speeds. What should your secondary assessment include? - ANSWER Bilateral upper extermity blood pressures A 34 yr old male has a fractured left elbow and his arm is cyanotic and pulse less. What should you do. - ANSWER Align with gentle traction until restiance is met. A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the lower left quadrant. He was minor bleeding from...

A 56 yr old male complains of tearing chest pain that radiates to his back. He was the restrained driver involved in a car-crash at high-way speeds. What should your secondary assessment include? - Answer Bilateral upper extermity blood pressures A 34 yr old male has a fractured left elbow and his arm is cyanotic and pulse less. What should you do. - Answer Align with gentle traction until restiance is met. A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the lower left quadrant. He was minor bleeding from...

53 yo F hit by car. Unresponsive w/ deformity to the left femur and pelvic instability. Diminished lung sounds on L side. You should? - ANSWER Immobilize long backboard 28 yo M, blunt trauma to R anterior chest. Pale, cool, diaphoretic and responsive to verbal. R 38 and shallow with paradoxical movement. What should you do? - ANSWER 02 with positive pressure ventilations What is the most likely cause of periorbital echymosis? - ANSWER Basilar skull fracture 30 yo M shot in mid thigh. Bl...

53 yo F hit by car. Unresponsive w/ deformity to the left femur and pelvic instability. Diminished lung sounds on L side. You should? - Answer Immobilize long backboard 28 yo M, blunt trauma to R anterior chest. Pale, cool, diaphoretic and responsive to verbal. R 38 and shallow with paradoxical movement. What should you do? - Answer 02 with positive pressure ventilations What is the most likely cause of periorbital echymosis? - Answer Basilar skull fracture 30 yo M shot in mid thigh. Bl...

You arrive on the scene of a patient who fell from a ladder. Which of the following information is NOT an important factor in care of the patient? a)Height of the ladder b)Distance the patient fell from c)Surface the patient landed on d)What part of the body hit first - Answer a)Height of the ladder You are at the scene of an MVA, in which there are three patients, all of which have minor visible injuries. Two are refusing treatment and the last is complaining of neck and back pain. How ...