TRAUMA

Question 1

What should be prescribed within 1 hour of major haemorrhage and over how long and what route?

Answer 1

1g of TXA IV/IO over 10 mins

Question 2

What is a FAST scan used for?

Answer 2

Focused assessment with sonography in trauma (commonly abbreviated as FAST) is a rapid bedside ultrasound examination performed by surgeons, emergency physicians, and certain paramedics as a screening test for blood around the heart (pericardial effusion) or abdominal organs (hemoperitoneum) after trauma.

Question 3

What is the equation for cerebral perfusion pressure?

Answer 3

CPP= MAP - ICP

Question 4

What criteria related to blood removal from a haemothorax mean that the thoracic surgeon should be called?

Answer 4

>1500ml immediately

>200ml/hr for two hours

Question 5

What is a comminuted fracture?

Answer 5

A fracture where there are multiple fragments

Question 6

What is the name of a fracture when it has broken through the skin?

Answer 6

Compound