Overview Abdominal trauma can result in injuries that are intraperitoneal and retroperitoneal Abdominal trauma is divided into blunt and penetrating mechanisms. Blunt abdominal trauma involves a crushing force that causes…
Overview Thoracic trauma causes injuries to the chest wall, lungs, great vessels, and heart. It is clinically divided into blunt and penetrating injuries. PAMD Preparation Assessment – Primary Survey –…
Overview Devastatingly disabling injury. Can be missed as ambulant patients may have an unstable vertebral injury. Up to 10% of unconscious patients have a significant vertebral injury. Most common cause of spinal injuries include MVA, Falls and pedestrian on roads. Ask yourself: Neurogenic Shock Triad Hypotension, bradycardia, peripheral dilation. Autonomic Dysreflexia PAMD…
Overview PAMD Preparation Assessment – Primary Survey – ABCDE Remember If the patient is able to communicate verbally, the airway is usually patent. Side note Ventilation may be reduced for…
Overview Potassium (K+) is an important ion in the body. K+ is found mainly intracellularly (inside the cells) whereas sodium (Na+) is found extracellularly (outside the cells). Therefore: As the…
Overview Jaundice or icterus is the yellowish discoloration of the skin and sclerae from increased levels of bilirubin, a bile pigment derived chiefly from the breakdown of hemoglobin. Mechanism of…
Overview At least 90% of children with fever and petechiae will NOT have meningococcal disease. However, recognition and early treatment of the child with meningococcal disease is paramount. All children with…
