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Trauma: Stabilization and Transport. Division of Critical Care Medicine Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia. Trauma : Stabilization and Transport Objectives. Discuss the epidemiology of pediatric trauma Review the primary survey Identify priorities in care
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Trauma:Stabilization and Transport Division of Critical Care Medicine Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia
Trauma:Stabilization and TransportObjectives • Discuss the epidemiology of pediatric trauma • Review the primary survey • Identify priorities in care • Discuss differences between adult & pediatric trauma • Discuss pediatric trauma management • Review the development of andguidelines for transport
Neurosurgeon Trauma Surgeon Resuscitation Team OrthopedicSurgeon ALWAYS OPEN TRAUMA CENTER Anesthesia SurgicalSpecialties MedicalSpecialties OR Nursing ICU
Trauma:Initial StabilizationStats • 22 million children/yr • 1 in 4 suffer serious injury/year • More children die from trauma than all other causes combined!
Trauma:Initial StabilizationThe Golden Hour • R. Adams Cowley, MD • Care within 60 min. • mortality if care given > 60 min.
Trauma:Initial Stabilization "You live or die depending on where you have your accident because they take you to the nearest hospital!" R. Adams Cowley, MD “In the Blink of an Eye”
Trauma A-M-P-L-E History A - Allergies M - Medications P - Previous history L - Last ate E - Events of accident
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Management of Multiple Trauma • Primary survey • Initial stabilizationand resuscitation • Secondary survey • Definitive care
Trauma:Initial Stabilization The Primary Survey • A rapid initial assessment • An "ABC" approach • Resuscitation done simultaneously
Trauma:Initial Stabilization The Secondary Survey • After the "ABCs" • Head to toe examination
Trauma Initial StabilizationDefinitive Care Phase • Overall management • Fracture stabilization • Stabilization/transport • Emergent surgery
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Pediatric Considerations • ABCs • Differences: 1) Size 2) Injury pattern 3) Fluids 4) Surface area 5) Psychological 6) Long term effects
Trauma:Initial Stabilization In pediatric trauma, you don’t just have and injured child, you have an injured family M. Eichelberger, MD “In the Blink of an Eye”
Trauma:Initial Stabilization The Primary Survey A - Airway and C-Spine B - Breathing C - Circulation (with hemorrhage control) D - Disability E - Exposure
Trauma:Initial Stabilization The Primary Survey • Airway: • Establish patency • Beware C- Spine • Do not: • Flex • Hyperextend
Trauma: Initial StabilizationThe Primary Survey • Oxygen • treat potential hypoxemia • all trauma patients get O2
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Pediatric Considerations • Craniofacial disproportion • "Sniffing" position • Obligate nose breathers • Anatomy • tongue • larynx • trachea
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Suspected Airway Obstruction • Stridor • Cyanosis • Absence of breath sounds • Dysphagia, snoring, gurgling • Altered mental status • Trauma to head, face, neck
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Cervical Spine Differences • Flexible interspinous ligaments • Underdeveloped neck muscles • Poorly developed articulations • Anterior vertebral bodies • Flat facet joints • Large head to BSA
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Cervical Spine • Predisposed to serious high cervical injuries • Assume its presence in: • Blunt injury above clavicle • Multisystem trauma • Significant injury - MVA, fall • Altered sensorium
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Cervical Spine: Radiographs • Pseudosubluxation • distance dens and C-1 • Growth plate fracture • SCIWORA
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Airway Management • Clear airway • Jaw thrust/stabilization maneuver • Oral/nasal airway • Oxygenate/ventilate • Intubation • Cricothyroidotomy
Trauma:Initial Stabilization C-Spine Immobilization • Backboard • Appropriate C-collar • Snadbags or towel • Tape • Torso immobilization
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Primary Survey: Breathing • Assess via • Exposure • Rate/depth of respiration • Inspection/palpation • Quality/symmetry of breath sounds NB: An intact airway Does Not assure adequate ventilation!!
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Primary Survey: Breathing • Oxygen • Assisted ventilation • Alleviate life threatening injuries
Thoracic InjuryHeart, Lung, Mediastinum • Penetrating • Sucking, Bubbling • Hemopneumothorax • Tamponade • Blunt • Flail Chest • Contusion (lung, heart) • Aortic Dissection • Tracheal Rupture • Diaphram Rupture
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Chest Trauma • Tension pneumothorax • Hemothorax • Flail chest • Cardiac tamponade
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Chest Trauma • Blunt injury common • More compliant chest wall • Sensitive to flail segment • Mobile mediastinum • Major vascular injury uncommon
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Tension Pneumothorax • Air in the pleural space without exit • Collapse of ipsilateral lung • Compressed contralateral lung • Mediastinal shift
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Tension Pneumothorax: Signs and Symptoms • Respiratory distress • Unilaterally diminished breath sounds • Hyperresonance on affected side • Tracheal deviation • Distended neck veins • Cyanosis
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Tension Pneumothorax: Treatment • Needle decompression • 2nd intercostal space mid-clavicular line • Chest tube • 4-5th intercostal space mid-axillary line
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Hemothorax: Signs and Symptoms • breath sounds on affected side • Dullness to percussion • Hypovolemia • Flat vs distended neck veins
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Hemothorax: Treatment • Fluids/blood • Decompression • Chest tube • Autotransfusion
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Flail Chest • Boney discontinuity of the chest wall • Major problem = underlying injury • Signs and symptoms • respiratory distress • paradoxical chest wall movement • severe chest pain
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Flail Chest:Treatment • Oxygen • Stabilize segment • Re-expand lung • + intubation • Give fluids cautiously
Trauma: Initial Stabilization abdominal trauma • Following the head and extremities, the abdomen is the third most commonly injured anatomic region in children • significant morbidity and may have a mortality rate as high as 8.5% • abdomen is the most common site of initially unrecognized fatal injury in traumatized children
Trauma: Initial Stabilization abdominal trauma • Why more prone to abdominal injury • child has thinner musculature • ribs are more flexible in the child • solid organs are comparatively larger in the child • fat content and more elastic attachments leading to increased mobility • bladder is more exposed to a direct impact to the lower abdomen
Intraperitoneal Hemorrhage Management • Immediate surgical exploration • Non-operative protocols • successful in more than 95% of blunt abdominal trauma in appropriately selected cases
Intraperitoneal Hemorrhage Immediate Surgical Exploration • Abdominal distention + “shock” • Transfusion requirement > 40 cc/kg • Peritonitis • Pneumoperitoneum • Bladder rupture
Intraperitoneal Hemorrhage CT Scan • Hemodynamically stable • Unreliable exam • Immediate non-abdominal surgery • Specific Indicators Hematuria (any) SGOT 200, SGPT > 100 Hyperamylasemia
Intraperitoneal Hemorrhage • FAST • standard part of the initial evaluation of bluntly injured abdomens in adults • rapid assessment of the peritoneal cavity and can detect free fluid
Intraperitoneal Hemorrhage • Pediatrics role of FAST is still up for debate • Detailed information regarding the grade of organ injury is not provided by the FAST • operator-dependent and lacks specificity • FAST examination produces a significant number of false-negative results
Intraperitoneal Hemorrhage • American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) has established grading classifications for all solid organs based on anatomic descriptive criteria • Grading used to determine treatment pathway
Intraperitoneal Hemorrhage Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage • Rarely used in children • Indicators • Hollow viscous injury suspected • CT scanner not available • “Screen” for CT scan • Technique • Mini-laparotomy (midline) • 15 cc/kg Lactated Ringer’s
Heart rate Pulses Perfusion capillary refill temperature Color Sensorium Urine output Blood pressure Trauma:Initial Stabilization Circulation
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Frequent Reassessment of Vital Signs What Are Normal Pediatric Vital Signs?
Blood Pulse Respirations Pressure Infant 160 80 40 Preschool 140 90 30 Adolescent 80 100 20 Trauma:Initial Stabilization Pediatric Vital Signs
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Circulation:Vital Signs • Normal blood pressure: • Lower limit of systolic BP mmHg = 70 + 2 x age in years
Trauma:Initial StabilizationCirculation: Shock • Altered vital signs: • tachycardia (early) • tachypnea • narrow pulse pressure • hypotension (late)
Trauma:Initial Stabilization Circulation: Shock • Physical findings: • cool, pale extremities • capillary refill • altered mental status