INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND RESUSCITATION OF THE MULTIPLY INJURED PATIENT

Question 1

To be multiply injured means ???(

Answer 1

injury in two or more organ systems.

Question 2

A- AIRWAY WITH CERVICAL SPINE CONTROL

An immediate assessment of the patient’s airway is made. If the airway is compromised, it requires a stepwise progression, first clearing the airway by _________________ , followed by simple airway manoeuvres such as a _______,________ and insertion of an oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal airway.

Advanced airway manoeuvres necessitate the insertion of a ________________ tube. This may require an anaesthetic with rapid sequence induction or a surgical airway.

Answer 2

suctioning secretions or blood

jaw thrust, chin lift

cuffed endotracheal

Question 3

CIRCULATION AND HAEMORRHAGE CONTROL
All patients require adequate intravenous (IV) access with at least _____ , _______ -bore IV cannulae.

Answer 3

two

large

Question 4

A pelvic binder is a device used to _______________ in people with a _________ in an effort to ________

Answer 4

compress the pelvis

pelvic fracture

stop bleeding.