Pitfalls in the trauma case management:
intubation
hemorrhagic shock
thoraco-abdominal penetrating injuries
pelvic circumferential fractures
posterior dislocation of the hip
retro-orbital hematoma
older patients
Be careful to avoid common cognitive errors, premature diagnosis, over-reliance upon early negative results, attributing abnormal findings to benign causes, early grading injury severity based on signs in young healthy adults, distractions due to focus on main/obvious injuries and on performing a critical procedure. Also consider lot of potential communications error, lack of situational awareness & errors in staffing or workload distribution.
PS do not forget analgesia & sedation!
infographic based on the talk given by Sharon Einav, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel during the Trauma & surgery session of the EDIC I Refresher Course at LIVES2019
graphics by M Velia Antonini @FOAMecmo