Barash Ch. 53: Trauma and Burns (PPT included) || Questions and 100% Accurate Answers.

Severe trauma is the leading cause of death in patients under the age of _____? correct answers 45 years old *majority are TBI and hemorrhagic shock *increased risk with concurrent ETOH and drug use T/F the WHO estimates that by 2020 injury will be the leading cause of death worldwide? correct answers T who described the golden hour? correct answers -R Adams Cowley at Baltimore Shock Trauma describe the golden hour? correct answers -survival rate of a person experiencing massive bleeding drops to 50 percent only 30 minutes after being injured and drops to 0% if not treated within what's known as the golden hour correct answers -high mortality rate associated with delayed treatment of hemorrhagic shock -was initially modeled after data collected on young healthy men -platinum 10 minutes correct answers -age and heath status dependent (inverse relationship) how fast do can you circulate your entire volume of blood? correct answers 1 minute the average adult has how many liters of blood? correct answers 5L if your femoral artery is dissected, you can lose how many liters of blood in 1 minuted? correct answers 1L you should assess, resuscitate/ stabilize and package/ transport in how many minutes of a trauma? correct answers -assess in 1 min -resuscitate/ stabilize in 5 min -package/ transport in 4 min T/F