Anesthesia for Trauma and Burns - Initial Evaluation of the Trauma Patient
Rapid assessment of injuries and institution of resuscitative measures are particularly important in trauma patients. Life-threatening injuries should be identified immediately based on Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability/neurologic function, and Environmental priorities with treatment measures initiated simultaneously. Assume that all patients have a cervical spine injury, a full stomach, and hypovolemia until proven otherwise.
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Pino, Richard M., editor. "Anesthesia for Trauma and Burns - Initial Evaluation of the Trauma Patient." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 9th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2019. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728371/all/Anesthesia_for_Trauma_and_Burns___Initial_Evaluation_of_the_Trauma_Patient.
Anesthesia for Trauma and Burns - Initial Evaluation of the Trauma Patient. In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728371/all/Anesthesia_for_Trauma_and_Burns___Initial_Evaluation_of_the_Trauma_Patient. Accessed August 31, 2024.
Anesthesia for Trauma and Burns - Initial Evaluation of the Trauma Patient. (2019). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (9th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728371/all/Anesthesia_for_Trauma_and_Burns___Initial_Evaluation_of_the_Trauma_Patient
Anesthesia for Trauma and Burns - Initial Evaluation of the Trauma Patient [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2019. [cited 2024 August 31]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728371/all/Anesthesia_for_Trauma_and_Burns___Initial_Evaluation_of_the_Trauma_Patient.
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