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A rapid trauma assessment goes from head to toe to find these life threats: [1] [3] [5] Cervical spinal injury; Level of consciousness; Skull fractures, crepitus, and signs of brain injury; Airway problems (although these were checked during the initial assessment, they are rechecked during the rapid trauma assessment) such as tracheal deviation
The terms traumatic brain injury and head injury are often used interchangeably in the medical literature. [1] Because head injuries cover such a broad scope of injuries, there are many causes—including accidents, falls, physical assault, or traffic accidents—that can cause head injuries.
In Pakistan, spinal cord injury is more common in males (92.68%) as compared to females in the 20–30 years of age group with a median age of 40 years, although people from 12–70 years of age suffered from spinal cord injury [73] Rates of injury are at their lowest in children, at their highest in the late teens to early twenties, then get ...
The most common mechanism of injury is high-speed motor vehicle accidents. The injury is more likely in children due to the large size of their heads relative to their bodies, and more horizontal orientation of the occipital condyles. It represents <1% of all cervical spine injuries. [1] Several subtypes of atlanto-occipital dislocation are known.
If cervical spine injury is a concern and/or the patient is immobilized on a long spine board and/or with a cervical collar; the jaw-thrust maneuver can be used instead. If the patient is in danger of aspirating; he or she should be placed in the recovery position or advanced airway management should be used. [1]
However, while reliability was high in patients with head injuries, it was low in ambulatory patients. [5] In a simulated pediatric mass casualty incident, JumpSTART was found to perform equally as well as SALT triage, which has been proposed as a new national standard for mass-casualty triage. However, JumpSTART was significantly faster than ...
Most (69%) burn injuries occur at home or at work (9%), [15] and most are accidental, with 2% due to assault by another, and 1–2% resulting from a suicide attempt. [25] These sources can cause inhalation injury to the airway and/or lungs, occurring in about 6%. [4] Burn injuries occur more commonly among the poor. [25]