Module 5: Pediatric Blunt Abdominal and Chest Trauma

Slide 1 - Learning ObjectivesSlide 2 - Anatomy relevant to blunt traumaSlide 3 - Trauma biomechanicsSlide 4 - Pediatric Trauma BiomechanicsSlide 5 - Tension pneumothoraxSlide 6 - Tension pneumothoraxSlide 7 - Tension Pneumothorax managementSlide 8 - HemothoraxSlide 9 - Hemothorax TreatmentSlide 10 - Mainstem intubationSlide 11 - Pericardial tamponadeSlide 12 - Pericardial Tamponade treatmentSlide 13 - Anatomy relevant to blunt abdominal traumaSlide 14 - Blunt abdominal traumaSlide 15 - Abdominal solid organ injurySlide 16 - CT scanning in pediatric patientsSlide 17 - CT scanning in pediatric patients 2Slide 18 - Solid organ injury grading scalesSlide 19 - Liver & Spleen Blunt InjurySlide 20 - Liver & Spleen Operative ManagementSlide 21 - National guidelines: liver and spleen injurySlide 22 - Vital signs in liver / splenic injurySlide 23 - Gastric distension in small childrenSlide 24 - Review question #1Slide 25 - Review question #2Slide 26 - Review question #3Slide 27 - Review question #4Slide 28 - Review question #5Slide 29 - ReferencesSlide 30 - Acknowledgments of 30

National guidelines: liver and spleen injury

•Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma-EAST: non-operative management of blunt liver and spleen injuries is the treatment modality of choice in hemodynamically stable adult and pediatric patients, irrespective of injury grade.

•American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA): only grade IV injuries mandate ICU admission in experienced centers

 

Module 5: Pediatric Blunt Abdominal and Chest Trauma

Liver & Spleen Operative Management

Vital signs in liver / splenic injury