Trauma Surgery

• Priorities after multiple injuries: airway, breathing, circulation
• Hypotension after trauma: etiologies
• Work-up: airway control, spine stabilization, resuscitation, X-rays, type & cross match
• Indications for and interpretations of diagnostic peritoneal lavage
• Life-threatening injuries: airway obstruction, tension pneumothorax, cardiac tamponade,
• Head injury (recognition, contribution to hypotension)

The following topics will NOT be discussed, therefore outside reading is recommended:

• Fractures, urologic injuries, spleen preservation, indications for neck exploration
• Use of adjunctive diagnostic/therapeutic tools - angiography, CT, contrast studies
• Vascular injuries