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Impaled object management
here's a (?) common scenerio........especially around explosions.
I'm going to attach a few pictures of impaled objects
1) piece of shattered glass in the trachea; very few people wear neck protection
2) piece of a fan blade in the face: few people wear face protection
3) nail in the wrist; common with suicide bombers wearing the palestinian dinner jacket (c4 with nails, rivits, washers, ballbearings, etc.)
How do you field manage these......be specific..
T-2
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
Last edited by Sacamuelas; 08-09-2004 at 14:55.
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