Trauma 1 - H&N, Chest, Abdo

Preventing infection reduces the second peak in trauma mortality

Mortality is 85% in trauma patients aged >55 years and admission base excess of < -6

Trauma score > 7 is a predictor of poor prognosis in patients aged > 65 years

Advanced age alone is not predictive of poor outcomes in trauma

Snoring is a factor that needs to be considered in MVC's

Motorcyclists are 6x more likely to die in a car crash than car drivers

Seatbelt laws reduced car occupants deaths by 50%

Airbags alone reduced mortality by 50%

Short-statured adults

Children <10 years

Tall-statured adults

Obese adults

Scribe

Radiographer

ENT surgeon

ED resident

Death of a passenger in a car is a high risk mechanism

Fall from >3m for an adult is a high risk mechanism

Extrication time >20 minutes is a high risk mechanism

Pregnancy alone is an indicator for trauma team activation

Trauma training courses such as EMST/ATLS are not applicable to multi-casualty minor trauma