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| what is the 5th leading cause of death among all Americans |
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| what are the three phases of trauma care |
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| preincident, incident, and post incident |
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| During this critical time period , surgical intervention for the trauma patient can enhance survival |
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| What paper caused hospitals to separate into trauma levels |
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| Position paper on trauma center designation in 1980 |
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| what trauma center level can provide total care for every aspect of injury |
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| this is the first hour after the injury when surgical intervention is needed to increase survival |
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| what level of trauma center can provide total care for every aspect of injury |
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| This term is defined by national standards in which definitive care within 60 min after the injury for severe trauma |
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| Reasonable time( golden hour) |
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| The extent of the injury is determined by these three factors |
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| the amount of energy applied, the part of the body injured, how quickly the energy was applied |
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| this type of death occurs within seconds or minutes of the injury |
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| this type of death occurs within the first 2-3 hours of the injury |
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| This type of death occurs days or weeks after the injury |
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| In this period surgical intervention can enhance survival. |
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| Newtons first law of motion |
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| an object at rest stays at rest |
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| conservation of energy law |
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| energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change form |
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| force = mass x acceleration |
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| what is more critical in determining total kinetic energy- mass or velocity |
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| this is the process of predicting injury patterns |
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| this is an injury produced by the wounding forces of compression and change of speed |
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| how many impacts are there in a vehicle collision |
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| 3- vehicle hits object, occupant inside vehicle hits vehicle, organs hit wall |
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| which state does not have a mandatory seatbelt law |
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| when are airbags ineffective |
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| in multiple collisions, rear impact collisions and lateral or rollover impacts |
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| when can an air bag produce significant injury |
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| when it deploys within 10 inches of the occupant chest |
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| When is it common to see an air bag caused death |
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| when the occupant is to close to it when deployed |
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| how far back should the front passangers be from the air bag while driving |
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| children below what age should always ride in the back the back seat |
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| Where is the descending aorta attached |
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| where does the aorta usually shear |
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| ath the level of ligamentum arteriosum |
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| what is the most common organ commonly injured by deceleration forces |
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| this phenomenon is though to be the cause of most pneumothoraces after vehicle trauma |
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| What could cause an aortic valve rupture |
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| compression of the abd could increase the pressure inside the aorta |
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| How do adult and kids differ when about to be hit by on comming traffic |
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| Adult turn away from the car while kids turn towards the car |
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| How many typical mechanisms of injury are there for auto-pedestrian collisions |
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| 3- person hits vehicle, pedestrain hits hood, person hit the ground |
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| this is damage to a patient who is exposed to a presure field that is produced by an explosion |
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| What types of energy are released from blasts |
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| This type of blast injury is the result from sudden changes in the environmental pressure |
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| what organs are most vunerable to primary blast injuries |
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| ears, lungs, blast lung injury (BLI) |
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| There was an explosion, your patients has respiratory difficulty and hypoxia w/o any external injury to the chest. What your dx? |
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| This blast injury results from being struck by flying debris |
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| This blast injury results from being propelled throug space and strike a stationaly object |
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| this blast injury results from radiation exposure and inhalation of dust and toxic gases |
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| miscellaneous blast injuries |
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| what are the three things to evualate for fall patients |
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| distance fallen, body position on impact, landing surface struck |
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| Falls from what height are typically associated with severe injuries |
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| 3 times the patient height or 15-20 feet |
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| Adults who fall greater than 15 typically land on their ____? |
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| patiets who try to brace their fall with their hands commonly experience these types of fx |
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| bilateral colles fx aka silver fork deformity |
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| Childern who fall typically land on their ____? |
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| This is an opening produced by a fore that pushes body tissues laterally away from the tract of a projectile |
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| The amount of cavitation is directly related to what? |
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| the density of the tissue. |
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| What types of tissues are more likely to experience permenate cavitation |
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| tissues with high water content -liver speen and muscle ore solid density like bone |
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| formula for kenitic energy |
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| what level of body armor is generally recemended for ems providers |
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| Why does the sonic wave follow the bullet until it enters the tissues |
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| This is because the sonic wave travels faster in the tissues thus causing cavitation |
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| What is the problem with high velocity bullets regarding entry and exit wounds |
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| High velocity bullets tend to fragment |
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| Another term for bullet tumble |
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| what type of injury is likely if the lap belt is applied improperly |
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| This is a common avulsion/separation/shear point for the heart and aortic arch as a whole |
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| the lungs commonly separate or shear from this |
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| The liver commonly separates or shears from this |
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| Brain commonly is sheared from this |
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What type of organs rupture more readily?
fluid or air filled |
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| what are examples of fluid filled organs |
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| liver, kidney, spleen, full bladder, full stomach |
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| what are examples of air filled organs |
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| what are examples of solid organs |
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| If a motorcycle rider is not wearing a helmet, what percentage is there an increase in brain injury |
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