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A healthy 24-year-old female presented at the emergency department (ED) after a car accident with ambulance while injured severely after the bus got run over her lower limb. As the trauma team was activated, her primary survey was started: Ac (Airway and cervical collar): She was awake and could talk. Cervical collar was fixed, oxygenation with ...

Trauma Room Assessment: The patient was moved from the stretcher onto the examination table, and the only complaint obtained from the patient was shortness of breath. Cardiac monitors, blood pressure-cuff and oxygen saturation probes were then placed on the patient. Vital signs: Heart rate- 90/min Blood Pressure- 130/70 Respiratory rate 25

Philip, a 60-year-old who was in a traffic accident (PDF, 294KB) This case example from the European Journal of Psychotraumatology details an assisted self-study application of cognitive therapy for PTSD. Philip developed PTSD and comorbid major depression following a traffic accident. He was treated in six sessions of cognitive therapy with ...

A 44-year-old woman presented with cough, dyspnea, and chest pain. On examination, she had tachycardia and hypotension. Evaluation revealed SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a nasopharyngeal swab, as well as eleva...

Background. In the United State alone, there are approximately 1.5 million traumatic brain injuries (TBI) per year, and TBI is the leading cause of death among individuals under the age of 45 [1, 2]. Annually, these injuries result in approximately 50 000 deaths and about 80 000-90 000 cases of debilitating head injuries [2].

Background The mortality rate is very high for patients with severe multiple trauma with massive pulmonary contusion containing intrapulmonary hemorrhage. Multiple treatment modalities are needed not only for a prevention of cardiac arrest and quick hemostasis against multiple injuries, but also for recovery of oxygenation to save the patient's life. Case presentation A 48-year-old Japanese ...

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The patient's initial recorded Pao 2:Fio 2 ratio was 293 but deteriorated over a period of days to 214, which is approaching a level that is consistent with a diagnosis of the acute respiratory ...

ATLS UPDATE: CASE STUDIES IN TRAUMA Daren Girard, M.D. * OVERVIEW Trauma is the leading cause of death in the fIrst four decades of life and the third leading of all causes of mortality. Furthermore, for every person killed, three others are permanently disabled. Annual trauma-related costs in the United States are in excess of $400 billion.

The authors presented a case of a patient with severe and chronic PTSD who was treated with intensive online trauma treatment combining PE and EMDR 2.0. The results of the present case study are in line with the results from other research (18, 19) and show an intensive trauma treatment program can be applied online with success. The patient ...

2) Given a character role in a case, demonstrate appropriate actions specific to the characters role in the case. 3) Conduct themselves in a manner which fosters collaboration and cooperation among members of the trauma team. 4) Perform the skills necessary to assess a trauma patient through multi-sensory perception.

As seen in the present case study, psychological safety for an individual could actually involve the use of restraints, challenging the idea that restraints are inherently traumatic. ... a trauma-informed case conceptualization allowed for the linkage of early childhood interpersonal trauma as a root cause of this patient's difficulties with ...

Trauma Case Study: Johnny Tsunami. 38. End of Life Care. 39. Burn Case Study: Fatima Jafar. 40. Digital Storytelling Project: Case Study Summary. VII. Respiratory. ... The patient's vital signs were a BP: 92/54, HR: 120, RR: 22, T 100.7F, O2: 96% on room air, and a pain of 9/10. Performing a full head-to-toe assessment revealed:

Trauma Nursing Case Study. It's your first shift of four-in-a-row and little do you know that you are in for a tough stretch! Your shift starts out calmly enough, but at 0200 you take report on a 23-yr old post-surgical trauma patient who came in through the ED due to a pedestrian vs auto incident. The patient was crossing the road on a dark ...

Timing and volume of transfusion for adult major trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock: a registry-based cohort study, Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 9, 1, (e001248), (2024). https://doi.org ...

Complex Trauma Case Studies Lynn Gerber Smith RN, MS Society of Trauma Nurses Anaheim 2016 • Understand how the trauma system network can save lives by getting the trauma patient the best care possible quickly. • Develop A successful plan of care for the trauma patient with an impaled object. • Describe the collaborative plan required for a

The disability adjusted life years (DALYs) associated with injuries have increased by 34% from 1990 to 2010, making it the 10th leading cause of disability worldwide, with most of the burden affecting low-income countries. Although disability from injuries is often preventable, limited access to essential surgical services contributes to these increasing DALY rates. Similar to many other low ...

The Western Trauma Association, for example, found no survivors of blunt trauma with >10 minutes of prehospital CPR and penetrating trauma within >15 minutes of prehospital CPR.(1) The patient in this case had >60 minutes of CPR initially, followed by additional rounds en route and at the pediatric trauma center. Another study by Duron, et al ...

*Author's note: The patient's name and identifiers have been changed to protect the patient's confidentiality. Consider this patient scenario: Mr. Singh*, a 65-year-old male, is frequently admitted to the hospital for atypical chest pain episodes. While he has a history of coronary artery disease, the physicians have ruled out any new myocardial infarction or pericarditis.

With the consent of our patients we regularly hold case conferences with counseling centers, external social workers etc. ... Garthus-Niegel S, Mojahed A, von Verschuer C, Rokyta U, Kummer W and Schellong J (2019) Community Case Study on Trauma-Specific Treatment and Counseling for Refugee Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence. Front ...

Our review of 33 articles shows that there is inconsistent evidence to support trauma informed interventions as an effective intervention approach for psychological outcomes (e.g., PTSD, depression, and anxiety). With growing evidence in health disparities, adopting trauma informed approaches is a growing trend.

Case Study. Case Study: A 77 year-old female is brought to the emergency department by EMS for evaluation after a single-car MVC which occurred just prior to arrival. ... highlighting the dramatic physical and physiologic differences that a few decades can make to trauma patients. Multiple studies have demonstrated both the tendency to under ...

Background While cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) is a well-established treatment for odontophobia, research is sparse regarding its effect on patients with dental anxiety related to psychological trauma experiences. This study aimed to evaluate changes in symptoms and acceptability of interdisciplinary Torture, Abuse, and Dental Anxiety (TADA) team treatment for patients with odontophobia ...

This cross-sectional retrospective diagnostic study was designed according to standards for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies (STARD) [] in order to compare the prognostic power of NEWS2, RTS, and in hospital TRISS in predicting the in-hospital mortality rate of trauma patients referred to the largest trauma center in southern Iran, Shiraz, during 2022-2023 based on their prehospital ...

A 29-year-old man presented to a major trauma centre with traumatic brain injury. Following cranial decompression, the patient was admitted to the intensive care unit for medical management and monitoring. This case report reviews the evidence for the management of traumatic brain injury.

This study is a narrative review of the most recent literature regarding posterior trauma to the SCJ along with a single institution's experience of this pathology, managed either conservatively or surgically, with a figure-of-eight autologous semitendinosus graft in case of closed reduction failure.

Two men who were filmed mistreating vulnerable patients at a hospital have challenged their convictions. Peter Bennett, 55, and Matthew Banner, 44, were found guilty of ill-treating patients at ...

The study included 100 patients, aged 18-65 years, of both genders, ... Our study was a case-control cross-sectional hospital-based study type with a purposive sampling method. Hence, the results need to be more generalizable to the community. Antidepressant medications are known to have an anti-inflammatory effect and may alter inflammatory ...