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Machine generated contents note: Introduction to Trauma and Trauma Care -- Trauma -- Trauma as a Disease -- Surveillance -- Risk Analysis -- Intervention Development -- Implementation -- Evaluation -- Trauma Care System -- Trauma Center Designation -- Specialty Centers -- Your Role as a Paramedic -- Trauma Assessment -- Scene Survey -- Primary Assessment -- Secondary Assessment -- Reassessment -- Golden Period -- Decision to Transport -- Injury Prevention -- Data and the Trauma Registry -- Quality Improvement -- Introduction to Mechanism of Injury -- Kinematics of Trauma -- Inertia -- Energy Conservation -- Force -- Kinetic Energy -- Kinetics of Impact -- Biomechanics of Trauma -- Mechanism of Injury as a Predictor of Trauma Severity -- Blunt Trauma -- Vehicular Collisions -- Motorcycle Collisions -- Pedestrian Collisions -- Off-Road Vehicle Collisions -- Falls -- Blast Injuries -- Sports Injuries -- Crush Injuries -- Compartment Syndrome -- Penetrating Trauma -- Overview and Incidence -- Kinetics of Penetrating Trauma -- Ballistics -- Characteristics of Specific Weapons -- Biomechanics of Penetrating Trauma -- Penetrating Injuries to Specific Tissues and Organs -- Connective Tissue -- Organs -- Lungs -- Bone -- Pathophysiology of Penetrating Trauma -- Special Concerns with Penetrating Trauma -- Scene Size-Up -- Penetrating Wound Assessment -- Penetrating Wound Care -- Introduction to Hemorrhage and Shock -- Circulatory System -- Types of Hemorrhage -- Hemostasis -- Factors Affecting Hemostasis -- Hemorrhage Control -- Classes of Hemorrhage -- Stages of Shock -- Etiology of Shock -- Assessment of the Patient with Hemorrhage arid Shock -- Scene Size-Up -- Primary Assessment -- Secondary Assessment -- Patient Medical History -- Detailed Physical Exam -- Reassessment -- Management of the Patient with Hemorrhage and Shock -- Hemorrhage Management -- Shock Management -- Introduction to Soft Tissue Trauma -- Epidemiology -- Anatomy and Physiology of Soft Tissue Injury -- Layers of the Skin -- Blood Vessels -- Muscles -- Tension Lines -- Pathophysiology of Soft Tissue Injury -- Closed Wounds -- Open Wounds -- Hemorrhage -- Wound Healing -- Infection -- Other Wound Complications -- Crush Injury -- Injection Injury -- Dressing and Bandage Materials -- Dressings -- Bandages -- Assessment of Soft Tissue Injuries -- Scene Size-Up -- Primary Assessment -- Secondary Assessment -- Detailed Physical Exam -- Assessment Techniques -- Reassessment -- Management of Soft Tissue Injuries -- Objectives of Wound Dressing and Bandaging -- Anatomic Considerations for Bandaging -- Complications of Bandaging -- Care of Specific Wounds -- Special Anatomic Sites -- Wounds Requiring Transport -- Soft Tissue Treatment and Release/Refer -- Introduction to Burn Trauma -- Anatomy and Physiology of the Skin -- Layers of the Skin -- Functions of the Skin -- Burn Pathophysiology -- Types of Burns -- Burn Depth -- Body Surface Area -- Systemic Complications -- Assessment of Thermal Burns -- Scene Size-Up -- Primary Assessment -- Secondary Assessment -- Reassessment -- Management of Thermal Burns -- Local and Minor Burns -- Moderate to Severe Burns -- Inhalation Injury -- Assessment and Management of Electrical, Chemical, and Radiation Injuries -- Electrical Injuries -- Chemical Burns -- Radiation Burns -- Reassessment -- Introduction to Head, Neck, and Spinal Trauma -- Head, Face, Neck, and Spine Anatomy and Physiology -- Anatomy and Physiology of the Head -- Anatomy and Physiology of the Face -- Anatomy and Physiology of the Neck -- Anatomy and Physiology of the Spine -- Head, Neck, and Spinal Pathophysiology -- General Mechanisms of Injury to the Head, Neck, and Spine -- Pathophysiology of Brain Injury -- Pediatric Head. Trauma -- Pathophysiology of Spinal Injury -- Specific Injuries to the Head, Neck, and Spine -- Scalp Injury -- Cranial Injury -- Facial Injury -- Neck Injury -- Spinal Column Injury -- Assessment of the Patient with a Head, Neck, or Spine Injury -- Scene Size-up -- Primary Assessment -- Secondary Assessment/Rapid Trauma Assessment -- Reassessment -- Management of Head, Neck, and Spinal Injuries -- Rapid Extrication in Motor Vehicle Collisions -- Spinal Precautions -- Airway -- Breathing -- Circulation -- Medications -- Transport Considerations -- Emotional Support -- Introduction to Chest Trauma -- Thoracic Anatomy and Physiology -- Thoracic Skeleton -- Diaphragm -- Associated Musculature -- Trachea, Bronchi, and Lungs -- Mediastinum -- Heart -- Great Vessels -- Esophagus -- Pathophysiology of Thoracic Trauma -- Blunt Trauma -- Penetrating Trauma -- Chest Wall Injuries -- Pulmonary Injuries -- Cardiovascular Injuries -- Other Vascular Injuries -- Other Thoracic Injuries -- Assessment of the Chest Injury Patient -- Scene Size-Up -- Primary Assessment -- Secondary/Rapid Trauma Assessment -- Reassessment -- Management of the Chest Injury Patient -- Rib Fractures -- Sternoclavicular Dislocation -- Flail Chest -- Open Pneumothorax -- Tension Pneumothorax -- Hemothorax -- Blunt Cardiac Injury -- Pericardial Tampona de -- Aortic Dissection -- Tracheobronchial Injury -- Traumatic Asphyxia -- Introduction to Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma -- Abdominal and Pelvic Anatomy and Physiology -- Digestive Tract -- Accessory Organs -- Spleen -- Urinary System -- Genitalia -- Vasculature -- Peritoneum -- Pathophysiology of Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma -- Mechanism of Injury -- Abdominal Wall Injury -- Hollow Organ Injury -- Solid Organ Injury -- Vascular Injury -- Mesentery and Bowel Injury -- Peritoneal Injury -- Pelvic Injury -- Injury During Pregnancy -- Pediatric Abdominal Trauma -- Assessment of the Abdominal or Pelvic Trauma Patient -- Scene Size-Up -- Primary Assessment -- Secondary/Rapid Trauma Assessment -- Reassessment -- Management of the Abdominal Trauma Patient -- Management of the Pregnant Patient -- Introduction to Orthopedic Trauma -- Prevention Strategies -- Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Physiology -- Skeletal Tissue and Structure -- Bone Structure -- Joint Structure -- Skeletal Organization -- Bone Aging -- Muscular Tissue and Structure -- Musculoskeletal Pathophysiology -- Muscular Injury -- Joint Injury -- Bone Injury -- General Considerations with Musculoskeletal Injuries -- Bone Repair Cycle -- Musculoskeletal Injury Assessment -- Scene Size-Up -- Primary Assessment -- Secondary Assessment -- Detailed Physical Exam -- Reassessment -- Sports Injury Considerations -- Musculoskeletal Injury Management -- General Principles of Musculoskeletal Injury Management -- Splinting Devices -- Fracture Care -- Joint Care -- Muscular and Connective Tissue Care -- Care for Specific Fractures -- Care for Specific Joint Injuries -- Soft and Connective Tissue Injuries -- Medications -- Pediatric Musculoskeletal Injury -- Athletic Musculoskeletal Injuries -- Patient Refusals and Referral -- Psychological Support for the Musculoskeletal Injury Patient -- Introduction -- Homeostasis -- Pathophysiology of Heat and Cold Disorders -- Mechanisms of Heat Gain and Loss -- Thermogenesis (Heat Generation) -- Thermolysis (Heat Loss) -- Thermoregulation -- Heat Disorders -- Hyperthermia -- Predisposing Factors -- Preventive Measures -- Specific Heat Disorders -- Role of Dehydration in Heat Disorders -- Fever (Pyrexia) -- Cold Disorders -- Hypothermia -- Mechanisms of Heat Conservation and Loss -- Predisposing Factors -- Preventive Measures -- Degrees of Hypothermia -- Assessment and Management of Hypothermia -- Frostbite -- Trench Foot -- Drowning -- Pathophysiology of Drowning -- Treatment for Drowning -- Diving Emergencies -- Effects of Air Pressure on Gases -- Pathophysiology of Diving Emergencies -- Classification of Diving Injuries -- General Assessment of Diving Emergencies -- Pressure Disorders -- Other Diving-Related Conditions -- Hyperbaric Chambers -- Divers Alert Network -- High-Altitude Illness -- Prevention -- Types of High-Altitude Illness -- Introduction to Shock Trauma Resuscitation -- Injury Prevention -- Trauma Assessment -- Dispatch Information -- Scene Size-Up -- Primary Assessment -- Secondary Assessment -- Rapid Trauma Assessment -- Focused Trauma Assessment -- Glasgow Coma Scale Score -- Transport Decision -- Reassessment -- Shock/Multisystem Trauma Resuscitation -- Hypovolernia/Hypotension/Hypoperfusion -- Hypothermia -- Body Splinting -- Rapid Transport -- Fight-or-Flight Response -- Noncritical Patients -- Special Patients -- Interaction with Other Care Providers -- Mechanism of Injury -- Results of Assessment -- Interventions -- Air Medical Transport -- Indications for Air Medical Transport -- Research and Trauma. |
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