Rapid trauma assessment

Rapid Trauma Assessment is a quick method, (60 to 90 seconds), to identify hidden and obvious injuries in a trauma victim. ^[1] The goal is to identify and treat immediate threats to life that may not have been obvious during an initial assessment. After an initial assessment involving basic checks on airway, breathing and circulation, the caregiver considers things like Mechanism of Injury (MOI) to determine if a more rapid diagnostic approach is indicated than might otherwise be used.

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^ Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured (9th Edition). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. 2005. pp. 1195–3. ISBN 978-0-7637-4406-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

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[EMT-1] Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured (9th Edition). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. 2005. pp. 1195–3. ISBN 978-0-7637-4406-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

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v t e First aid
Techniques	Abdominal thrusts Airway management Basic Advanced Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Emergency bleeding control
Equipment	Automated external defibrillator Bag valve mask Bandage Dressing First aid kit Nasopharyngeal airway Oropharyngeal airway
Mnemonics	ABC OPQRST RICE SAMPLE SOAP
Certifications	Certified first responder Emergency medical technician Wilderness emergency medical technician
Topics	Bleeding Golden hour Good Samaritan law Wilderness medicine

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