pts w/ maxillofacial trauma should be presumed to have?
unstable c spine injury
after ABC, do these 3:
ICE: IV access, cardiac monitor, elevate head to 30 degrees
drug to facilitate ET tube placement
vecuronium
severe coagulative complication of head trauma
1/3 patients (DIC)
best imaging tool for head trauma
noncontrast CT
subdural hematoma affects what two pop most?
elderly, alc (falls, assaults)
subacute hematoma = ?
3d - 3w
subdural hematoma shape?
crescent
skull fx
linear
depressed
best anesthesia?
lidocaine w/ epi
TMJ mcc?
trauma while opening mouth