Triage systems are used by prehospital providers to “sort” casualties 🕖 Reading Time, 12 minutes into essentially those who are dead or will likely die despite treatment, those with injuries that don’t really require prehospital treatment, and those with injuries …
🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes Burns over 20% total body surface area (TBSA) result in increased capillary permeability and intravascular fluid deficits that are most severe at 24-hours post-burn. Cardiac output decreases rapidly post-burn. With correct fluid resuscitation, cardiac output …
Airway control remains the top priority for field treatment of burn casualties.1 🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes Hypovolemic and distributive shock can occur in burned patients but they are usually a late consequence. An inhalational burn injury can double a …
In 2015, 499 burn casualties occurred from a fire that broke out at the Formosa Fun Coast Park in Taiwan. 🕖 Reading Time, 3 minutes A “color party” was occurring with 6,000 participants in an empty swimming pool while colored …
🕖 Reading Time, 1 minutes Kerlix Gauze packing can generate up to 197 mmHg at the bottom of the wound and 45 mmHg on the sides. Xstat can generate 156 mmHg and 123 mmHg respectively. Although it’s unclear XSTAT is …
🕖 Reading Time, 4 minutes Hidden away on the Oregon Coast, the Sea Lion Caves is a 12-story high sea cave that is the largest in the world, as identified by the Guinness Book of World Records. The cave is …