Trauma

Question 1

Trauma is the leading cause of death for pts ages?

Answer 1

one to 44

Question 2

Trauma at the scene include?

Answer 2

-Laceration to aorta, heart or brainstem

Question 3

1 to 2 hours after the traumatic event?

Answer 3

• Spleen, liver, lungs, organ injury with significant blood loss

Question 4

Days to weeks after the event

Answer 4

• Do to complications or multiple organ failure

Question 5

Environmental factors influencing trauma?

Answer 5

Socioeconomic status

• Children in poverty die 2.6 times more
• Impoverish children are less likely to be restraint

Question 6

Types of intentional trauma

Answer 6

• Child abuse

- Mechanism of injury is most commonly correlated with age of child

Question 7

Demographic factors influencing trauma?

Answer 7

General
- Adolescent boys are injured twice as often as girls
Homicides
- 50% homicide in children are black males
- rates are three times higher than females