Hot Trauma Topics XXIV

Identify their role in preparation for trauma survey.

Identify their role in the trauma process improvement initiatives within their facility/agency.

Identify their role during a trauma survey review.

Identify key components of fracture evaluation.

Identify immobilization techniques for various fractures.

Identify implications of various weight baring status orders.

Identify indications for damage control thoracotomy.

Identify contraindications for damage control thoracotomy.

Identify their role in post thoracotomy care.

Discuss medical care provided by the JFK treatment team.

Discuss evidence preservation during medical treatment.

Identify security measures for high profile patients.

Identify the importance of pediatric readiness in emergency centers.

Identify disparities in pediatric care across Texas.

Identify current resources for pediatric readiness improvement in Texas.

Recognize and diagnose the presence of a crush injury to the extremity.

Discuss the unique issues of immediate and early treatment requirements of a patient with crush injury to the extremity.

Discuss and diagnose the complications of crush injury to the extremity, including rhabdomyolysis leading to acute kidney injury, acute cardiac arrest, and ongoing tissue necrosis that may require amputation of the extremity.

Identify common types of facial trauma.

Identify most common causes of facial trauma.

Identify treatment modalities used in facial trauma.

Identify concerning character traits observed by Dr. Death’s colleagues. 

Discuss preventable failures in medical training programs that lead to Dr. Death being able to practice. 

Review preventable failures in facilities that can lead to a dangerous provider practicing medicine.

Identify most common causes of orthopedic trauma.

Discuss at least one orthopedic emergency.

Discuss their role in preventing orthopedic complications.

Discuss techniques involved in pupil assessment. 

Identify emergent causes of unequal pupils.

Identify non-emergent causes of unequal pupils.

Identify the rationale for trauma team activation.

Identify the role associated with their discipline in trauma team activation.

Discuss the importance of quality review and process improvement in trauma team activation. 

Provide a brief history over ECMO

Discuss and list the different modes of ECLS

Review what ECMO’s role is in the trauma setting

Discuss the economic impact ECMO brings to a Level-1 trauma facility

Identify how a multidisciplinary team impacts the care of a trauma patient.

Identify at least one way they can support trauma patient psychosocial healing.

Recognize that all individuals they encounter may have experienced trauma in their past without their knowledge.

List at least 2 complications of long-term bed rest in trauma patients.

Discuss active versus passive mobility techniques. 

Identify mobility as a contribution to decreasing morbidity and mortality following trauma. 

Define mass casualty.

Identify the importance of multiple centers and agencies working together to respond to a mass-casualty incident.

Identify their role in a mass-casualty response.

Define geriatric trauma.

Identify at least 3 anatomical or physiological changes that occur in the geriatric patient.

Identify a least one principle to decrease geriatric morbidity & mortality following trauma.

Participants from all medically related professions should be able to have a knowledgeable conversation and discussion about complex and rare soft tissue injuries of the extremities upon completion of this presentation.

Participants from all medically related professions should be able to have a knowledgeable conversation and discussion about the initial basic treatment of neurological injuries and understand the unique problems associated with elderly neuro trauma.

Participants from all medically related professions should be able to recognize complex wounds related to impalements of the chest and understand the initial treatment and long-term outcomes related to these complex injuries.