Damage Control Surgery — Flashcards

If there is a _____ injury in any of the retroperitoneal zones, surgical management is done.

What is the initial management in a trauma patient presenting with pericardial tamponade?_____

The _____ is the second most common organ involved in abdominal trauma.

If the patient's blood pressure improves to >_____ mm Hg, he needs to be re-evaluated as he may no longer be a candidate for damage control surgery

Initial Tube Thoracostomy drainage of >_____ ml (penetrating injury) or >1500 ml (blunt injury) of frank blood is an indication for thoracotomy

Parkland’s formula for burns: No answer _____]

AAST Kidney injury scale: No answer _____

_____ is the next best step to manage a case of intraperitoneal bladder rupture

Deep partial thickness burns are _____ and are painful to pressure only

Hint: blanchable / not blanchable?

Massive transfusion (MT) is defined as the replacement by transfusion of _____ units of pRBCs in 24 hours or more than 4 units of pRBCs in one hour.