EMSE 1164 - Advanced Prehospital Trauma Care

1. Abdominal and genitourinary
   1. Pathophysiology, assessment, and management
   2. Blunt vs. penetrating
   3. Evisceration
   4. Solid and hollow organ injuries
   5. Injuries to external genitalia
   6. Retroperitoneal injuries
   7. Vascular injuries
2. Bleeding
   1. Pathophysiology, assessment, and management
3. Chest
   1. Pathophysiology, assessment, and management
   2. Rib fractures
   3. Flail chest
   4. Pulmonary contusion
   5. Simple pneumothorax
   6. Tension pneumothorax
   7. Open pneumothorax
   8. Hemothorax
   9. Blunt cardiac injury
   10. Cardiac tamponade
   11. Commotio cordis
   12. AAA
   13. Tracheobronchial disruption
   14. Diaphragmatic rupture
   15. Traumatic asphyxia
4. Head, facial, neck & spine trauma
   1. Unstable facial fractures
   2. Orbital fractures
   3. Perforated tympanic membrane
   4. Skull fractures
   5. Penetrating neck trauma
   6. Laryngeotracheal trauma
   7. Spine trauma
      1. Dislocations, subluxations
      2. Fractures
      3. Sprains, strains
   8. Mandibular fractures
   9. Morgan Lens
5. Multi-System Trauma
   1. Blast injuries
6. Nervous System Trauma
   1. Cauda equina syndrome
   2. Nerve root injury
   3. Peripheral nerve injury
   4. Traumatic brain injury
   5. Spinal cord injury
   6. Spinal shock
7. Orthopedic
   1. Pathophysiology, assessment, and management
   2. Pediatric fractures
   3. Tendon laceration/transaction/rupture
   4. Compartment syndrome
   5. Upper and lower extremities
   6. Open fractures
   7. Closed fractures
   8. Dislocations
8. Soft Tissue
   1. Pathophysiology, assessment, and management
   2. Wounds
      1. Avulsions
      2. Bite
      3. Lacerations
      4. Puncture
   3. Burns
      1. Electrical
      2. Chemical
      3. Thermal
   4. High-pressure injection
   5. Crush Syndrome
9. Special Population Considerations
   1. Pregnancy
   2. Pediatric
   3. Geriatric
   4. Cognitively impaired
10. Trauma overview
    1. Pathophysiology
    2. Assessment and management
    3. Trauma scoring
    4. Rapid transport and destination issues

1. apply trauma scoring to the trauma patient.
2. demonstrate clinical assessment and management of a multi-system trauma patient.
3. differentiate the mode of transport for the trauma patient.
4. demonstrate clinical assessment and management of various trauma patients.
5. integrate assessment findings with principles of epidemiology and pathophysiology to formulate a field impression and implement a comprehensive treatment plan for the trauma patient.

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