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158.A 26-year-old woman, who was a belted front-seat driver in a head- on motor vehicle collision, is brought to the ED. She is ...

159.A 22-year-old man is brought to the ED after sustaining a single gun- shot wound (GSW) to his right thigh. On arrival, his H ...

162.A 32-year-old woman is brought to the ED by paramedics after being involved in a motor vehicle collision. The patient was th ...

Trauma 147 165.Paramedics bring a 55-year-old woman to the ED after she was struck by a motor vehicle traveling at 30 mile/h. He ...

148 Trauma Answers 124.The answer is a.(Moore, pp 385-401.)The patient sustained a cerebral concussion.This is caused by a head ...

Trauma Answers 149 the heart. The right ventricleisthe most commonly injuredbecause it is the most anterior aspect of the heart ...

of pelvis or multiple long bones, hemopneumothorax, tension pneumotho- rax, cardiac tamponade, and aortic dissection or rupture. ...

(a)Odontoid fractures occur when there is a fracture through the odontoid process of the C2 vertebra. (b)A hangman fracture, or ...

the possibility of aspiration or entrapment in soft tissues should be consid- ered. Avulsed permanent teeth require prompt inter ...

and motor responsiveness. Although the GCS was originally developed to assess head trauma at 6 hours postinjury, it is commonly ...

135.The answer is e.(Rosen, pp 388-390.)A PTX can be divided into three classifications: simple, communicating, and tension. A P ...

(a)Spinal shock is a clinical syndrome characterized by the bilateral loss of neurologic function and autonomic tone below the l ...

lower extremities. (c)Anterior cord syndrome results in variable degrees of motor paralysis and absent pain sensation below the ...

The paradoxical motion of the chest wall is the hallmark of this condition, with the flail segment paradoxically moving inward w ...

Airway management is always given priority in trauma patients, partic- ularly when neck structures are involved because of the p ...

“raccoon eyes.” The most common basilar skull fractureinvolves the petrous portion of the temporal bone, the external auditory c ...

Airway patency is first evaluated by listening for vocalizations, asking the patient to speak, and looking in the patient’s mout ...

the dura and over the brain. To differentiate the CT finding from an epidural hematoma, think about the high-pressure created by ...

(b)Anterior cord syndrome results in variable degrees of motor paralysis, and loss of temperature and pain sensation below the l ...

patient. Type-specific blood (eg, type A, Rh negative, unknown antibody) can be provided by most blood banks within 30 minutes. ...