1. DEALING WITH ACUTE SITUATIONS

2. TRAUMA UNITS
TRAUMA I
TRAUMA II
TRAUMA III
The “Golden Hour”
EMT’S

3. ONCE IN THE ER… IN THIS ORDER EVALUATION OF RESPIRATORY
EVALUATION OF CARDIAC
SPINAL INJURY

4. RADIOGRAPHIC TRAUMA PROTOCOL IN THE ER
PORTABLE
CHEST
PELVIS
CROSS TABLE LATERAL C-SPINE

5. ER PATIENT BROUGHT OVER THE IMAGING DEPARTMENT
ARE STABILIZED
BUT…
WHAT COULD HAPPEN?
SYMPTOMS PATIENT MAY BEGIN TO EXHIBIT EVEN IF THERE IS NO SHOCK

6. MULTIPLE EMERGENCIES/DISASTER RESPONSE
STAT
TRIAGE

7. EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEMS CRASH CARTS
CALLING A CODE
WHAT SHOULD A STUDENT KNOW?
CRASH CART/EMERGENCY CARTS
PG262 AND 263, BOX 8-1 AND TABLE 8-1

8. CRASH CART
Location
Contents
Working Order O2

9. PATIENT EVALUATION
INVASIVE PROCEDURES AND PATIENT CONDITIONS.

10. Calling a Code Know the number Know where the code button is
Know the code “color”
Know exact location of where the emergency is and the problem

11. NON TRAUMA RELATED EMERGENCIES
Shock
Anaphylaxis
Pulmonary embolus
Diabetes mellitus reactions
CVA
Cardiac/respiratory failure
Syncope
seizures

12. PRIORITIES IN AN EMERGENCY
A OPEN AIRWAY
B CONTROL BLEEDING
S CONTROL OR PREVENT SHOCK
W ATTEND TO WOUNDS OR FRACTURES
E PROVIDE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
R RE-EVALUATE

13. Refer to Oxygen power point

14. ADDITIONAL TERMS Cyanosis Syncope hypoglycemia hyperglycemia
orthostatic hypotension