Law of conservation of Newton’s second law of Shearing energy motion Spelling Mechanical energy Pathway expansion Trauma Mechanism of injury Penetrating trauma Trauma score (MOI) Permanent cavity Tympanic membrane Missile fragmentation Positive wave pulse Velocity (V) Multisystem trauma Potential energy Waddell Negative wave pulse Pulmonary blast injuries Whiplash Newton’s first law of Revised trauma score motion (RTS) Objectives: DOT Objectives EMS Education Standards Integrate the principles of kinematics to Understand, discuss, and demonstrate enhance the patient assessment and predict the assessment findings with principles of likelihood of injuries based on the patient’s epidemiology and pathophysiology to mechanism of injury. formulate a field impression to implement a List and describe the components of a comprehensive treatment/disposition plan for comprehensive trauma system. an acutely injured patient to include: Describe the role of and differences between Identification and categorization of levels of trauma centers. trauma patients, specifically the national Describe the criteria and procedure for air trauma triage protocol medical transport. Incidence/significance of trauma Define energy and as they relate to Trauma system trauma. of injury Define laws of motion and energy and Trauma assessment understand the role that increased speed has on Role of documentation in trauma injuries. Trauma scoring scales Describe each type of impact and its effect on Trauma center designations unrestrained victims (e.g., down and under, up Transfer of patients to the most appropriate and over, compression, deceleration). hospital. Describe the pathophysiology of the head, thorax, and abdomen that result from the above forces. List specific injuries and their causes as related to interior and exterior vehicle damage. Describe the kinematics of penetrating injuries. List the motion and energy considerations of mechanisms other than motor vehicle crashes. Define the role of kinematics as an additional tool for patient assessment. Activities/Resources: Use of auditory, visual, and kinesthetic aids to facilitate the student learning environment for the topic of instruction. Assessments: Scenario based training pertinent to topic of instruction, quiz, and exam (didactic and skills).
Law of conservation of energy Mechanical energy Mechanism of injury (MOI) Missile fragmentation Multisystem trauma Negative wave pulse Newton’s first law of motion Newton’s second law of motion Pathway expansion Penetrating trauma Permanent cavity Positive wave pulse Potential energy Pulmonary blast injuries Revised trauma score (RTS) Shearing Spelling Trauma Trauma score Tympanic membrane Velocity (V) Waddell Whiplash Objectives: DOT Objectives EMS Education Standards Integrate the principles of kinematics to enhance the patient assessment and predict the likelihood of injuries based on the patient’s mechanism of injury. List and describe the components of a comprehensive trauma system. Describe the role of and differences between levels of trauma centers. Describe the criteria and procedure for air medical transport. Define energy and as they relate to trauma. Define laws of motion and energy and understand the role that increased speed has on injuries. Describe each type of impact and its effect on unrestrained victims (e.g., down and under, up and over, compression, deceleration). Describe the pathophysiology of the head, thorax, and abdomen that result from the above forces. List specific injuries and their causes as related to interior and exterior vehicle damage. Describe the kinematics of penetrating injuries. List the motion and energy considerations of mechanisms other than motor vehicle crashes. Define the role of kinematics as an additional tool for patient assessment. Understand, discuss, and demonstrate assessment findings with principles of epidemiology and pathophysiology to formulate a field impression to implement a comprehensive treatment/disposition plan for an acutely injured patient to include: Identification and categorization of trauma patients, specifically the national trauma triage protocol Incidence/significance of trauma Trauma system of injury Trauma assessment Role of documentation in trauma Trauma scoring scales Trauma center designations Transfer of patients to the most appropriate hospital. Activities/Resources: Use of auditory, visual, and kinesthetic aids to facilitate the student learning environment for the topic of instruction. Assessments: Scenario based training pertinent to topic of instruction, quiz, and exam (didactic and skills).
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