Trauma: The Golden Hour Dennis Kim md frcs(C)

- R Adams Cowley

The Golden Hour

• Time and Trauma Outcomes
• no convincing studies that time to treatment consistently leads to better outcome
• outcome related to many factors including reduced time between injury and definitive care
• Ann Surg. 2003;237(2):153-60

1. What is the most common cause of shock in the trauma patient?

•  septic

• B) cardiogenic

• C) hemorrhagic

• D) neurogenic

2. The most easily reversible cause of shock in the trauma patient is:

• A) hemorrhagic

• B) neurogenic

• C) tension pneumothorax

• D) cardiac tamponade

3. The most commonly injured solid intraabdominal organ in blunt trauma is:

• A) liver

• B) spleen

• C) kidney

• D) small bowel

4. The bloody vicious cycle of trauma refers to:

• A) bleeding, hypothermia, and acidosis

• B) bleeding, hyperthermia, acidosis

• C) transfusion, hypothermia, acidosis

• D) transfusion, hypothermia, alkalosis