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What is Newton’s first law?

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Laws of Inertia

A body in motion remains in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by outside force.

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What is Newton’s second law?

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Acceleration is dependent on mass of the object and the force upon the object.

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What is Newton’s Third law?

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For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

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What are the types of trauma?

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Blunt and penetrating

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How many feet per second can high velocity weapons fire?

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> 2000 FPS

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What 3 factors make up the trauma triad of death?

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Hypothermia, acidosis, coagulopathy

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What classes of hypovolemic shock calls for blood administration?

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Class III and IV (3 &4)

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What are some injury patterns in trauma?

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Side impact
Front impact
Rear impact
Rollover

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What is Kehr’s sign and when would you see it?

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Splenic rupture secondary to rib fracture (referred pain)

Most of the time in a side impact collision

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Which vertebrae are the most commonly injured in rear collision?

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T12-L1

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What is a chance fracture?

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T12 fracture

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What is a hangman’s fracture?

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Fracture of the C2 vertebrae

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What is a Jefferson’s fracture?

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C1 fracture from axial loading

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What type of spinal fracture is most common in an off-road vehicle accident?

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Hangman’s fracture

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What should you be concerned about with lap belt injuries?

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Cullen’s sign and internal bleeding

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How do children tend to fall?

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Head first

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How many feet is considered before being associated with severe injury?

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15-20 feet or 3x standing height

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What injury will you see for a (FOOSH) fall on out stretched hand injury?

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Bilateral wrist fractures

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What is the most commonly injured solid organ in blunt trauma?

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Spleen rupture

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What two signs will you see positive in a splenic rupture?

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Kehr’s sign

Ballance’s Sign

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What is Ballance’s sign?

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Dullness to percussion to left flank, LUQ, and shifting dullness to percussion to the right flank caused by splenic rupture.

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What is the most commonly injured solid organ in penetrating abdominal injuries?

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What is the most commonly injured hollow organ in penetrating abdominal injuries?

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Colon/Small intestine

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What is the highest risk for an unstable pelvis fracture?

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Massive hemorrhage (exsanguination)

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What are the three different types of pelvic fractures?
Lateral pelvic fracture - rarely has life threatening bleeding Open-book fracture - Anterior-posterior force Vertical shear- Highest potential for massive bleeding
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What may the patient present with if they have fat embolism caused by long bone or lower extremity fracture?
Respiratory distress, Petechial rash, Diffuse infiltrates, hypoxemia, confusion, Fever, Tachycardia
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What are some contraindications for placement of a urinary catheter?
High riding or non palpable prostate blood at the urethral meatus Pelvic fracture Blood in the labia/scrotum (Coopernail's sign)
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What does REBOA stand for?
Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta.
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What does REBOA do?
Works like an internal tourniquet to occlude blood flow from the aorta.
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What size does an open chest wound need to be in order to be considered a sucking chest wound?
>2/3 of the diameter of trachea
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If you have a trauma patient that has an increase in PIP and Plateau pressure, what should you suspect?
Tension Pneumothorax
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What are signs of Tension Pneumothorax?
Dyspnea, anxiety, JVD, Tachypnea, and tracheal deviation. | JVD and deviation are late signs
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What are two approved sites for Needle decompression?
Between 2nd and 3rd intercostal mid clavicular line | 5th intercostal space mid axillary line
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How much blood loss is considered massive hemorrhage?
>1500 ml or 1/3 of patient's blood loss
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What is the proper treatment for rib fractures?
Analgesic and NPPV
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What is a flail chest?
2 or more ribs broken in 2 or more places Paradoxical movement Transport injured side down
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If a trauma patient has a sunken hollow shaped abdomen and bowel sounds in chest, what would you suspect?
Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia
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What is Kussmaul's sign
Rise in venous pressure on inspiration spontaneous breathing patient. Seen in cardiac tamponade.
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What are early and late signs of Cardiac Tamponade?
Early signs are pulsus paradoxus and tachycardia Late signs are Becks Triad
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What is Beck's triad?
Muffled heart tones Narrowed pulse pressures JVD
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How much blood accumulation around the heart lead to higher risk of mortatlity?
>150 ml
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What is Hamman's crunch?
Crunching, rasping sounds synchronous with the heartbeat | Subcutaneous Emphysema
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What electrolyte abnormality is a common finding in rhabdomylysis?
Hyperkalemia
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What is rhabdomylysis?
The breakdown of muscle fibers that leads to the release of muscle fiber contents (myoglobin) into the blood stream.
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What percentage of blood loss is typically when hypotension begins?
Starts at 30% blood loss
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List 4 adverse reactions to blood transfusions?
Drop in blood pressure Fever Tachycardia Pallor
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Which blood products do not require Rh matching?
Platelets, Fresh frozen plasma and Cryoprecopitate.
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What blood type is the universal recipient?
AB
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Which blood type is the universal donor?
O
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What are the symptoms and treatment for anaphylactic reaction to blood transfusion?
Hypotension, Urticaria, tachycardia STOP transfusion Epi, steroids and Benadryl
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What are the symptoms and treatment for overload reaction to blood transfusion? (TACO)
Hypertension, distended neck veins STOP transfusion Administer Lasix
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What are the symptoms and treatment for Hemolytic reaction to blood transfusion?
Palpitations, Abdominal/Back pain, Syncope, Sense of Doom. Caused by ABO incompatibility STOP the infusion Keep urine output high (100 ml/hr)
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What is the symptoms and treatment for Acute lung injury blood reactions? (TRALI)
Dyspnea, tachycardia, fever and cyanosis. Caused by Leukocyte antibodies in plasma portion in blood. Symptoms begin 1-6 hours after transfusion LEADING CAUSE OF TRANFUSION DEATH Stop transfusion

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