Trauma, Multiple
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Basics
Description
- ATLS provides a standardized approach to trauma including rapid assessment and treatment
- Life-threatening injuries must be immediately stabilized before moving along the primary survey
- A primary survey should be repeated whenever the patients’ status deteriorates
Etiology
Variety of causes including:- Penetrating trauma
- Motor vehicle and motorcycle accidents
- Falls from height
- Assault (including domestic violence)
- Mass-casualty events (including terrorism)
- Burns
- High-risk patients: Extremes of age, pregnancy, bleeding disorders (including potent antiplatelet or anticoagulant use), GCS <14, abnormal vital signs, dangerous mechanism
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Basics
Description
- ATLS provides a standardized approach to trauma including rapid assessment and treatment
- Life-threatening injuries must be immediately stabilized before moving along the primary survey
- A primary survey should be repeated whenever the patients’ status deteriorates
Etiology
Variety of causes including:- Penetrating trauma
- Motor vehicle and motorcycle accidents
- Falls from height
- Assault (including domestic violence)
- Mass-casualty events (including terrorism)
- Burns
- High-risk patients: Extremes of age, pregnancy, bleeding disorders (including potent antiplatelet or anticoagulant use), GCS <14, abnormal vital signs, dangerous mechanism
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