This chapter include objectives: Identify the purpose of the patient care report; describe the uses of the patient care report; outline the components of an accurate, thorough patient care report; describe the elements of a properly written emergency medical services (EMS) document; describe an effective system for documenting the narrative section of a prehospital patient care report;. | 9/11/2012 1 Chapter 37 Trauma Overview and Mechanism of Injury 2 Learning Objectives • Describe the incidence and scope of traumatic injuries and deaths. • Identify the role of each component of the trauma system. • Predict injury patterns based on knowledge of the laws of physics related to forces involved in trauma. 3 Copyright © 2013 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company 1 9/11/2012 Learning Objectives • Describe injury patterns that should be suspected when injury occurs related to a specific type of blunt trauma. • Describe the role of restraints in injury prevention and injury patterns. • Discuss how organ motion can contribute to injury in each body region depending on the forces applied. 4 Learning Objectives • Identify selected injury patterns associated with motorcycle and all‐terrain vehicle collisions. • Describe injury patterns associated with pedestrian collisions. • Identify injury patterns associated with sports injuries, blast injuries, and vertical falls. • Describe factors that influence tissue damage related to penetrating injury. 5 Epidemiology of Trauma • Unintentional injury is devastating medical and social problem – Leading cause of death among persons 1 to 44 years of age – Fifth leading cause of death among all Americans – Trauma deaths in 2006 were exceeded only by heart disease, cancer, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory diseases – In 2006, about 120,000 unintentional injury deaths occurred in United States – National Safety Council estimates that total number of unintentional injuries in United States approaches 61 million annually 6 Copyright © 2013 by Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, an Ascend Learning Company 2 9/11/2012 Trends in Trauma Deaths • Deaths from unintentional injury are increasing yearly – Most deaths from trauma can be prevented – Increase in deaths points to need for increased safety and health efforts to reverse trend – .
