paramedic

1. Intro to Trauma
Blunt and Penetrating

3. Disclaimers:
• I used slides and pictures from the Brady textbook.
• I stole pictures from the Internet.
• I made this PowerPoint only yesterday.
• I’ve put students to sleep with similar PowerPoints.
• I really thought Dr. Redfield was going to talk about shock
yesterday.
• I’ve only watched two seasons of Doctor Who.

5. Trauma Drama
• Leading cause of death of persons under 44 y/o.
• < 10% are serioux

6. Hadden Matrix- Risk Analysis
HOST AGENT ENVIRONMENT
PRE-EVENT
EVENT
POST EVENT

7. Name Some Safety Programs

9. Trauma System Designation

12. Critic
al
Unstab
le
Potential
ly
Unstable
CUPS

13. Your Role as the Paramedic

14. Roles and Responsibilities
• Get to the call
• Evaluate MOI and Index of Suspicion
• Assess the patient
• Activate Trauma System
• Platinum Ten Minutes
• Provide appropriate treatment
• DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT ! ! !

15. MECHANISM OF INJURY

16. •Newton’s First Law
•Law of
Conservation of
Energy

19. • Gradual changes in speed are usually uneventful.
• Sudden deceleration is bad… Like really bad....

24. Automobile Collisions

25. Paper Bag Syndrome

26. Automobile Collisions
• Types of Impact
• Frontal
• Lateral
• Rotational
• Rear-end
• Rollover

27. Automobile Collisions
• Types of Impact
• Frontal
• Lateral
• Rotational
• Rear-end
• Rollover

28. Automobile Collision Evaluation
© Ray Kemp/911 Imaging

34. Car vs. Pedestrian Index of
Suspicion

35. Blast Injuries

40. Penetrating Trauma

41. Once again…

43. Ballistics
• Velocity
• Profile
• Stability
• Expansion/Fragmentation
• Secondary Impacts
• Shape
• Yaw
• Tumbling
• Body Armor
• High Velocity
• Low Velocity

49. Low Velocity Wounds

50. Hollow Organs vs. Solid Organs

53. Questions?