How many deaths per year worldwide because of trauma - Answer 5.8 million
How many deaths per year in US because of trauma - Answer 278,000
What is the most common cause of *serious* traumatic injuries in the US? - Answer Motorized vehicles
How many MVC deaths in the US per year -...
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How many deaths per year worldwide because of trauma - Answer 5.8 million
How many deaths per year in US because of trauma - Answer 278,000
What is the most common cause of *serious* traumatic injuries in the US? - Answer Motorized vehicles
How many MVC deaths in the US per year - Answer 42,000
What is the most *frequent* mechanism of injury - Answer Falls
How many falls annually in US - Answer 7 million
How many fatal falls in US per year - Answer 43,000
What is the leading cause of fatal injuries in the US - Answer Firearms
How many firearm deaths in US per year - Answer 45,000
How many burn and fire injuries annually - Answer 290,000
How many deaths per year from fire/burn - Answer 3,500
What is the physiological criteria for a trauma patient? - Answer Systolic blood pressure less than 90,
Respiratory rate less than 10 or greater than 29, GCS 14
, What is the anatomical criteria for a trauma patient? - Answer * Penetrating injuries to the
head/neck/torso/proximal extremities
* Open/Depressed skull fracture
*Unstable chest wall
*Paralysis
*Amputation above the wrist/ankle
*Crushed/degloved/mangled extremities
*2 or more obvious femur or humerus fractures
*Pelvic fractures
MOI Criteria for a Trauma patient - Answer * Falls greater than 20 feet or 6 meters
* Auto vs. Pedestrian or bicycle and pt was thrown or hit by a vehicle traveling greater than 20 mph
*MVC greater than 20 mph
*High risk MVC (passenger space intrusion of greater than 12 inches, ejection from a moving vehicle,
death of someone in the same passenger compartment, tele data consistent with high risk for injury
What is considered a Level 1 Trauma center - Answer * Full range of specialists/equipment 24 hours a
day
* Aggressive program of research
* Trauma residency
* Leader in trauma education/injury prevention
* Referral resource for nearby regions
What is considered Level II Trauma center - Answer * Comprehensive trauma care
* 24-hour availability of all essential personnel and specialties including neurosurgery
What is considered Level III Trauma center - Answer *Resources for emergency resuscitation, surgery,
and ICU
* General surgeon promptly available
* Neurosurgery not mandatory
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