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SB82 Trauma - loosely taken from Fiser's ABSITE review

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Most common cause of trauma death within the first hour ___________   Hemorrhage  
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Organ most commonly injured after penetrating injury ____________   Small bowel  
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Indications for DPL   Hypotensive patients with blunt trauma  
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DPL and FAST scan both miss this injury ______________________   Retroperitoneal bleed  
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LD50 for a fall _____________ stories   Four  
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Bladder pressure indicative of compartment syndrome (range)   25-30 mmHg  
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Second peak for trauma-related deaths occurs over which time frame?   30 minutes to 4 hours  
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Deaths during the second trauma peak are usually due to which 2 causes?   Head injury and hemorrhage  
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Most common organ injured with blunt trauma ____________   Liver  
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Blood pressure is usually okay until what percentage of blood volume is lost? ________   Thirty  
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Most common cause of death after trauma in the long term ________________   Infection  
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Best site for cutdown for access ___________________   Saphenous vein at the ankle  
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FAST can be difficult to perform in this population of patients ____________   Obese  
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Penetrating injuries near the abdomen can be locally explored without ex lap under this condition _________________   Fascia was not violated  
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Decreased cardiac output with abdominal compartment syndrome is caused by _____________________   IVC compression  
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Treatment for abdominal compartment syndrome _________________   Decompressive laparotomy  
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ED thoracotomy should be performed for blunt trauma only if pressure or pulse is lost in what time frame? _______________   In the trauma bay  
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How ED thoracotomy is performed   Incision between ribs 4-5, open pericardium anterior to phrenic nerve, cross-clamp the aorta if abdominal injury, watch for esophagus  
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After ED thoracotomy, take patient to go OR if BP improves to greater than ____________ systolic   Seventy  
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Catecholamines peak how long after injury? ________________   24-48 hours  
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A patient who withdraws to pain, opens eyes spontaneously, and vocalizes incoherently has a GCS of ______________   Ten  
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A patient who has appropriate strength with commands, opens eyes to pain, and answers appropriately has a GCS of __________   Thirteen  
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A GCS of ten or less has bought the patient this intervention ___________   Intubation  
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An epidural hematoma is usually due to bleeding from this artery __________________   Middle Meningeal  
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Epidural hematomas usually have initial LOC followed by _________________, after which they undergo rapid deterioration   Lucid Interval  
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Patients with epidural hematomas should go to OR if they have neurologic deterioration or midline shift of greater than mom   Five  
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Subdural hematomas are usually due to tearing of what structures? _________________   Bridging veins  
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With subdural hematomas, head CT usually shows this shape of head bleed ___________   Crescent  
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Patients with traumatic interventricular hemorrhage who develop hydrocephalus need this intervention ___________________   Ventriculostomy  
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CPP equals _____________ - _____________   MAP ICP  
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Normal ICP is ______________ mmHg   Ten  
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For patient with traumatic head injury, keep cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) greater than ______________ mmHg   Sixty  
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Peak intracranial pressure (ICP) occurs in what time frame after injury?   48-72 hours  
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Findings of a unilateral dilated pupil with traumatic head injury indicates what?   CN III compression due to ipsilateral temporal pressure  
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Raccoon eyes are a sign of what fracture? ___________   Anterior Fossa  
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Middle fossa basal scull fracture usually results in what clinical sign?_____________   Battle’s Sign  
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This nerve can be injured with middle fossal basal skull fracture ___________ - if acute, needs exploration   Facial  
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Most common cause of facial nerve injury ______________   Temporal bone fracture  
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Most common site of facial nerve injury __________________   Geniculate ganglion  
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C1 burst fracture is caused by axial loading and is also known as ___________ fracture   Jefferson  
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Treatment for C1 burst fracture ______________   Rigid collar  
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C2 fracture is often caused by this injury ________________   Distraction and extension  
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Treatment for C2 fracture ________________   Traction and halo  
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C2 odontoid fracture has these 3 types – describe types and treatments   Type 1 – above base – stable; Type 2 – at base – fusion or halo; Type 3 – into vertebral body – fusion or halo  
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Facet fractures or dislocations can cause further injury to this structure ____________   Spinal cord  
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What are the 3 columns of the spine and what are their boundaries?   Anterior – anterior longitudinal ligament and anterior ½ of vertebral body; Middle – posterior ½ of vertebral body and posterior longitudinal ligament; Posterior – everything else  
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Compression fractures of the spine usually involve which column(s) of the spine? ______________   Anterior  
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Burst fractures usually involve which column(s) of the spine? ____________   Anterior and Middle  
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Which spinal fractures are considered unstable, compression fractures or burst fractures? ___________   Burst  
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Perform this diagnostic test if there are neurologic deficits without bony injury _________   MRI  
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LeFort Type I facial fracture is through what structures?   Straight across the maxillary bone  
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LeFort Type II facial fracture is through what structures?   Lateral to nasal bone, underneath eyes, and diagonal toward maxilla  
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LeFort Type III facial fracture is through what structures?   Lateral orbital walls  
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Seventy percent of patients with nasoethmoidal bone fractures also have this finding ____________   CSF leak  
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Initial treatment for nasoethmoidal bone fracture   Conservative therapy for 2 weeks  
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Posterior nosebleeds are difficult to compress externally and may be stopped initially with _______________   Balloon tamponade  
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If initial management of posterior nosebleed does not work, attempt angioembolization of which 2 arteries? ______________   Internal maxillary or ethmoidal  
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Malocclusion of the jaw indicated _____________ fracture   Mandibular  
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Repair of mandibular fracture is most commonly achieved by ______________   Intermaxillary fixation  
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Zone 1 of neck is from _____________ to _______________   Clavicle to cricoid cartilage  
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Zone 2 of neck is from _____________ to _______________   Cricoid to angle of mandible  
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Zone 3 of neck is from _____________ to _______________   Angle of mandible to base of skull  
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Penetrating injury to this neck zone mandates exploration in the OR ____________   Zone Two  
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Treatment for SYMPTOMATIC blunt neck trauma _________________   Exploration  
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Treatment for SYMPTOMATIC penetrating neck trauma _________________   Exploration  
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Modality for diagnosing extent of esophageal injury __________________   Rigid esophagoscopy and esophagram  
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Primary closure of non-contained esophageal injury may be attempted under what conditions?   Small injury, less than 24 hours, no significant contamination, stable patient  
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Operative approach to upper 2/3 of thoracic esophagus in trauma ________________   Right thoracotomy  
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Operative approach to lower 1/3 of thoracic esophagus in trauma ________________   Left thoracotomy  
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