(CN) Trauma

3. traumatic asphyxiation
4. burns that involve epidermis only, red and swollen skin
8. hypotension, distended neck veins, muffled heart tones
9. findings may include chest pains, tenderness, shallow breaths, anxiety, tachycardia, cyanosis, or splinting
11. used to keep air out of wounds
12. some signs may be chest pain, bruising over sternum, progressive dyspnea, decreased lung sounds on one side, hemoptysis, irregular pulse
14. burns that involve all layers of skin down to the sub Q tissues, skin can be white and waxy, browned and leathery, charred
16. partial or incomplete dislocation
18. type of chemical burn that liquefies
21. energy from motion
22. fracture that involves all facial bones separating midface from cranium
25. can cause burns to face, hands, and arms in an MVA
26. injury to here may have pain in upper left quadrant, tenderness when palpated, left shoulder pain, confusion, light-headed or dizzy
27. destruction of muscle tissue leading to release of potassium and myoglobin
29. fracture that involves mandible and maxilla, bottom of nose and down
30. fracture that involves the nasal bone, orbital rim, nasal frontal bone, and the maxilla

1. signs may be pain at injured site, swollen or tight abdomen, n/v, pale and clammy skin, extreme thirst, unconsciousness, hypotension, tachycardia
2. blood in the anterior chamber of the eye that obscures vision partially or completely
5. slowing pulse, rising blood pressure, erratic respiratory pattern
6. chemical burn that CANNOT be brushed or rinsed off with water
7. Halo test used to look for this
10. low-force impact, brief loss of consciousness
13. burns that involve epidermis and dermis, often blistered and painful
15. fluctuating level of consciousness, focal neurologic signs, headache, confusion, slurred speech, coma
17. acute physiologic and structural change that occurs in body when external source of energy effects the body beyond it ability to sustain and dissipate it
19. confusion and disorientation that may last several minutes, vacant stare, delayed verbal and/or motor response, loss of memory
20. hypeoresonant sound above injured area, signs of hypovolemic shock before respiratory difficulty, flat jugular veins
23. signs include bruising behind ear, battle signs, or raccoon eyes
24. 2-4L of blood can be lost with this type of fracture
28. injuries causing permeant loss of strength, sensation, or function below site of in