Trauma — Flashcards

Flashcard 51: The _____ is the second most common organ involved in blunt abdominal trauma.

Answer: Liver

Extra: Ranking of organ injury in Abdominal Trauma: **Blunt Abdominal Trauma:** 1. Spleen (Most common) 2. **Liver** (Second most common) 3. Kidney **Penetrating Abdominal Trauma:** * **Stab wounds:** Liver (Most common) > Small bowel * **Gunshot wounds:** Small bowel (Most common) > Colon > Liver

Flashcard 52: _____ is the next best step to manage a case of intraperitoneal bladder rupture

Answer: Laparotomy

Flashcard 53: 'Pincer contusions' may be seen in trauma to the _____

Answer: lungs

Flashcard 54: Safest site for insertion of a chest drain is the _____,in the 5th ICS

Answer: Triangle of safety

Flashcard 55: The _____ at the end of the K-nail is useful while removing it

Answer: eye

Flashcard 56: _____ is the most common organ to be injured in penetrating stab injury of the abdomen

Answer: Liver

Flashcard 57: Degloving injuries is classified under _____ colour on traiging

Answer: yellow

Flashcard 58: What is the next step in mx of a patient of pneumothorax with a failed needle thoracostomy?_____

Answer: finger thoracostomy followed by tube thoracostomy

Flashcard 59: Early mortality in pelvic # is mostly the result of _____

Answer: haemorrhage

Flashcard 60: Types of skull fractures:_____ skull fractures are breaks in the bone that traverse the full thickness of the skull from the outer to inner table.

Answer: Linear