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27 Cards in this Set
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Major trauma is present if the patient's physical findings or mechanism of injury meets ______ of the criteria. |
any one
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Glascow Coma Scale is less than or equal to ______.
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13
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Respiratory rate is less than ___ or more than ___. |
10
29 |
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Pulse rate is less than ___ or more than ___.
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50
120 |
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Systolic blood pressure is less than _____.
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90 mm Hg
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Penetrating injuries to these four areas.
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(1) head
(2) neck (3) torso (4) proximal extremities |
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______ to head, neck, torso or proximal extremities.
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Penetrating injuries
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Two ore more suspected ______ fractures.
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proximal long bone
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Suspected ______ chest.
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flail
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Suspected ______ injury or limb ______.
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spinal cord
paralysis |
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______ (except digits)
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Amputation
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Amputation (except ______)
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digits
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_____ or more suspected proximal long bone fractures.
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Two
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Suspected ______ fracture.
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pelvic
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Open or depressed ______ fracture.
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skull
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_____ or _____ skull fracture.
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Open (or) depressed
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______ or partial ______ from an automobile.
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Ejection
(partial) ejection |
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Death in the same ______.
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passenger compartment
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______ in the same passenger compartment.
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Death
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Extrication time in excess of _____ minutes.
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20
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Vehicle collision resulting in ______ inches of intrusion into the passenger compartment.
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12
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Motorcycle crash at greater than _____ MPH or with...
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20
separation of rider from motorcycle |
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Falls from greater than _____ feet.
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20
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Vehicle rollover (_____ degree rotation or more) with _____ passenger.
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90
unrestrained |
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Vehicle versus ______ or ______ collision above ___ MPH.
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bicycle
pedestrian 5 |
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High risk patients not meeting major trauma criteria ______ require transport to a trauma center.
(do / do NOT) |
do NOT
Consider transport to Trauma Center. Consider contacting Medical Control. |
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Name the 5 types of high risk trauma patients. |
(1) bleeding disorder/anticoagulants (2) cardiac/respiratory disease (3) IDDM, cirrhosis, morbid obesity (4) immuno-suppressed (HIV, transplant, chemo) (5) age greater than 55 |
Coagulation Probs Cardiopulmonary Probs Crappy Condition Immunosuppressed Aging |