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Thoracic Trauma - Lethal 6 and Hidden 6 of Thoracic Trauma
The Lethal 6 of Thoracic Trauma:
Pneumothorax • Airway ... • Esophageal Injury ... Blunt Cardiac Injury ... Blunt Thoracic Injury ... #diagnosis #management
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Medullaris Syndrome -> Trauma ... tumour causing injury ... Acute #SpinalCord #Injury ... symptoms #msk #orthopedics
The Trauma Call Timeline

- A trauma team assembles rapidly in response to a major trauma alert
The Trauma Call ... Timeline - A trauma ... assessment of airway ... to guide early management ... Teamwork #Approach #Checklist
Algorithm for management of Multiple Trauma in Mountain Environment
Complete primary survey
 - Haemorrhage control (regional and
of Multiple Trauma ... desmopressin) - A - Airway ... Consider history, injury ... fall, high impact injury ... -1 #Multiple #Trauma
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
or in patient’s airway ... Consider inhalational injury ... depending on degree of injury ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Resequenced Trauma Resuscitation Algorithm

Two categories of immediate life-threats in trauma:

1. Massive external hemorrhage

2. Critical airway compromise
Resequenced Trauma ... life-threats in trauma ... Critical airway ... management. ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #Management
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Inspiratory Positive Airway ... deformity (facial trauma ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... pneumothorax. esophageal injury ... #criticalcare #management
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
the approach to trauma ... In critically injured ... prioritized as the critical ... #Management #Trauma ... BigTrauma #BeforeCT #Checklist
What is a Boxer’s fracture?? Fracture of the 4th or 5th metacarpal neck
 - Common in
direct blunt/force trauma ... Management: - ... weeks Urgent orthopedics ... recommended if injury ... #Referral #Orthopedics
Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical ... possible vascular injury ... on the side of trauma ... - Type 1 or 2 injury ... Grades #Grading #Orthopedics