Multiple Trauma: Overview of trauma management: Part I
Summary
Trauma affects productive members of society, often leading to long-term disability and dependency in survivors. Every year more than five million people die worldwide due to traumatic events. In USA, unintentional injury caused 200,955 deaths, being the fourth cause of mortality after heart disease, cancer, and COVID-19. According to WHO, road traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for people aged 15–29, and the seventh cause of disability. Almost 60% of road traffic deaths are among people aged 15–44. Half of the world’s road traffic deaths occur among motorcyclists (23%), pedestrians (22%) and cyclists (4%).
General Information
Enrolled trainees 655
Open 25.04.2023
Available for ESICM members
Student effort 3
Last Updated April 25, 2023
Intended Learning Outcomes
After studying this module on Multiple Trauma Part I: Overview of trauma management you should be able to:
- To describe the basics of trauma epidemiology and explain the definitions and their meanings.
- To describe the basics of triage of patients in the pre-hospital and in-hospital setting.
- To list and describe the most common scales and injury severity scores and their use in trauma care.
- To be able to explain the mechanism of injury and relate them to typical injuries.
Relevant competencies in CoBaTrICE
- 1.4 Triages and prioritises patients appropriately, including timely admission to ICU .
- 1.5 Assesses and provides initial management of the trauma patient.
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