Duration
45-60 minutes
Group size
Suited to small group participation
Target audience
Emergency department medical and nursing clinicians
Description
This resource kit provides a framework for the assessment and management of a patient with blunt abdominal and orthopaedic trauma.
Learning objectives
By the end of this session the participant will be able to:- Perform a primary assessment of a trauma patient
- Recognise signs and symptoms of shock and hypovolaemia
- Control external haemorrhage
- Identify intraperitoneal bleeding
- Consider strategies for haemodynamic resuscitation
