Tag: soft tissue trauma
- Hyperbaric Therapy For Burns ()
Introduction Thermal burns are common in the United States, and approximately 2 million people are injured every year, with about 155 per million patients needing admission to a hospital, and 6500 cases resulting in death. Burns are complex and dynamic injuries that cause profound activation of platelets and white cells, destruction of the microvasculature by coagulation […]
- Electrical Burns ()
Electrical injuries occur when high-energy current travels through the body due to contact with an electrical source. Injuries occur due to either the flow of current through the body, arc flash, or clothing that catches fire. With the former two, the body converts electricity to heat, which results in a thermal burn. It is important […]
- Chemical Burns ()
Healthcare professionals should be knowledgeable about chemical burns from exposure to acids (pH less than 7), alkalis (pH greater than 7), and irritants to recognize, manage and care for these common types of injury. Chemical burns are the result of exposure to a variety of substances commonly found in the home, workplace, and surrounding environment. […]
- Thermal Burns ()
Thermal burns are skin injuries caused by excessive heat, typically from contact with hot surfaces, hot liquids, steam, or flame. Most burns are minor and can be treated as outpatients or at local hospitals. Approximately 6.5% of all burned patients receive treatment in specialized burn centers. The decision to transfer and treat at burn centers […]
- Assessment & Management of Burns ()
The Scene Size Up Determining the mechanism of injury early on will lead the medics to consider the possibility that the patient will need transport to a burn center. Even as the medics are enroute to the call, they could make arrangements to transport the patient to the correct facility. If there is no burn […]
- Special Wound Care Dressings ()
Occlusive dressings Occlusive or ‘non permeable dressings are used to seal up a wound. In the case of a pneumothorax, an occlusive dressing is used to prevent air from being sucked into the chest when the patient inhales. Bleeding to the neck should be sealed off with an occlusive dressing to prevent air from being […]
- Assessment Of Soft Tissue Injuries ()
Identifying the mechanism of injury in the scene size up is the first link to understanding the injury. Quite often, the mechanism of injury will not be significant enough to result in a cervical spine fracture but nonetheless results in a soft tissue injury. For instance, a patient could cut their arm in a rollover […]
- Bleeding From The Neck ()
The external jugular vein, located in the anterior and lateral neck, receives blood from the deeper parts of the face as well as the scalp — the external jugular vein forms from the combination of the posterior auricular and retromandibular vein. The external jugular vein starts in the parotid at the level of the angle […]
- Types of Burns ()
Thermal Thermal burns cause both local injuries and, if severe (> 20% of body surface area), a systemic response. The local injuries can be roughly separated into three zones of injury analogous to a circular target pattern. The innermost injury is the zone of coagulation or necrosis, representing the area of irreversible cell death. Surrounding this is […]
- Incidence And Complications of Burns ()
Burn injuries are a significant problem with more than 500,000 people seeking medical treatment, 40,000 resultant hospitalizations, and 4000 deaths per year in the United States.1 The annual cost of treating these burns is estimated to be in excess of U.S. $ 1 billion, not including the indirect costs of disability and rehabilitation. These statistics have […]