trauma emergencies
-:- occur as a result of physical forces applied to the body
medical emergencies
-:- occur from an illness or condition not caused by an outside force
index of suspicion
-:- awareness and concern for potentially serious underlying and unseen injuries
coup-contrecoup inju...
✓ -:- - burns from hot gases or fires started by the blast
- respiratory injury from inhaling toxic gases
- crush injury from collapse of buildings
- suffocation, poisoning, other medical emergencies
- contamination of wounds from environmental, chemical or toxic substances
ear
✓ -:- most sensitive to blast injuries
arterial air embolism
✓ -:- - occurs on alveolar disruption with subsequent air embolization into pulmonary
vasculature
- can produce disturbances in vision, changes in behavior, changes in LOC and variety of
neurologic signs
neurologic injuries and head trauma
✓ -:- most common causes of death from blast injuries
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