Pediatric Trauma Alert

Question 1

Any one results in trauma alert

Answer 1

• Active airway assistance
• Circulation-faint/non-palpable carotid of femoral; or systolic <50
• Consciousness-AMS including drowsiness, lethargy, inability to follow commands, unresponsive to voice, totally unresponsive, coma, paralysis, susp spinal cord injury, loss of sensation
• Open long bone FX, multiple FX sites or dislocations
• Cutaneous-Major soft tissue disruption. 2nd° or 3rd° burns to 10% or more. Amputation proximal to wrist/ankle

Question 2

Any two results in trauma alert

Answer 2

• Consciousness- amnesia, LOC
• Circulation-radial or pedal not palpable; or systolic <90
• FX-single long bone
• Size-11kg or less or equal to that length/weight on peds tape(33” or less)