Primary Survey - A B and C
Primary Survey - D E and adjuncts
Airway in the primary Survey
What makes a difficult airway
Technique for Rapid Sequence Induction
So, you have failed to secure the airway
Breathing and ventilation in the primary survey
Thoracic trauma in the primary survey
Chest injuries to look for in the primary survey
Cardiac tamponade
Resuscitative Thoracotomy
Secondary Survey
Adjuncts to the secondary survey
Thoracic trauma in the secondary survey
Physiology and signs of shock
Different types of shock in trauma
Hemorrhagic shock in trauma
Immediate management of hemorragic shock
Evaluating the response to fluid resuscitation
Blood products in hemorragic shock
Complications of fluid resuscitation
Abdominal trauma in the primary and secondary survey
Head injury and traumatic brain injury
Vertebral and spinal cord trauma
Severe trauma of the extremities
Traumatic Injuries of the Eye
Severe burns and severe frostbite
Unique aspects of pediatric trauma
Geriatric trauma
The Pregnant trauma patient
Mechanism of Injury
The importance of the tetanus shot
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