Trauma Lecture and Case Review
Trauma Lecture and Case Reviews
Target Audience
EMS Providers
Learning Objectives
- Understand unique challenges in treating pediatric patients
- Overview of pediatric head trauma, spleen and liver injuries and pelvic trauma
- Know the signs and symptoms of spleen and liver injuries
- Understand the capabilities of non-pediatric trauma centers
- General understanding if an Injury Severity Score (ISS)
- Awareness of life-threating bleeding/injuries in minor mechanism
- General understanding of massive transfusion and trauma induced coagulopathy (TIC)
- Hemorrhagic shock vs. hypovolemic shock
Jacob Love B.S., NRP, FP-C
Available Credit
- 2.00 Trauma