Paramedical and Nonmedical Personnel
EMR Primary care paramedic Advanced care paramedic − Human physiology − Basic medical equipment operation (monitors, AEDs, tank regulators) − Vehicle operation − Extrication − History taking and physical…
The Genesis of Crew Resource Management: The NASA Experience
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Lawrence M. Gillman, Sandy Widder, Michael Blaivas MD and Dimitrios Karakitsos (eds.)Trauma Team Dynamics10.1007/978-3-319-16586-8_1 1. The Genesis of Crew Resource Management: The NASA Experience David J. Alexander1 (1) Flight Medicine Johnson Space Center, 2101…
Situational Awareness and Human Performance in Trauma
Benefits Risks Perception Scanning attention Sample many stimuli Stimulus overload Avoid fixing on one stimulus Lack of prioritization Focused attention Prioritize Fixation error Eliminate “unimportant” cues Miss “important” cues…
Methods in Trauma Biomechanics
, associated quantities are moment of inertia I, angular velocity . The position vector denotes the location of the centre of mass of a rigid body as function of time….
Head Injuries
Fig. 3.1 Anatomy of the head: bony structures of the skull (top), the meninges (middle), and the brain (bottom) (adapted from Sobotta 1997) The inner surface of the cranial vault is…
Ballistic and Blast Trauma
Fig. 10.1 Examples of jacketed projectiles and energies at muzzle velocity 10.1.1 Wound Ballistics and Penetrating Ballistic Injuries The terminal effects of projectiles have been observed via field experience since the…
Spinal Injuries
Fig. 4.1 Human spine (adapted from Sobotta 1997) In general, each vertebra consists of a cylindrically shaped body, a vertebral (or neural) arch, the (dorsal) spinous process and transverse processes at…
Injuries of the Pelvis and the Lower Extremities
Fig. 7.1 Anatomy of the lower limbs (adapted from Sobotta 1997) Fig. 7.2 The bony structures of the pelvic girdle (adapted from Sobotta 1997) As for the orientation of the pelvis, Fig. 7.3…
Thoracic Injuries
Fig. 5.1 The thoracic anatomy (adapted from Sobotta 1997; Netter 2003) The rib cage is formed by twelve pairs of ribs which are posterior connected to the thoracic vertebrae of the…
Introduction
Cause Number Accidents (unintentional injuries) 12,032 • Motor vehicle accidents 6,984 • All other accidents 5,048 Intentional self-harm (suicide) 4,688 Assault (homicide) 4,508 Malignant neoplasms 1,609 Diseases of the heart …
