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Handgun Radio 363- Trauma Medicine with Mike Scala
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Hello and welcome to Handgun Radio! I’m your host Ryan Michad from the wild woods of Central Maine, and this is your home for all the news, information and discussion in the
This week, we talk about Trauma Medicine with Listener Michael!
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Week in Review:
Ryan: -Watching “The Cars that Built America”, “The Food That Built America” & “The Titans that Built America” on my History Channel app
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two Dashes Absinthe
two Dashes Orange Bitters
Michael: Range day with Jared last Sunday, Working on his Sig P320 FCU. New to me Walther PPQ in trade. Took the Hellcat vs P365 Pepsi Challenge. Everything Sig fabulous. Crazy week at the hospital. We’re doing a heart/kidney transplant tonight!
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Drink Segment:
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Main Topic: Trauma Medicine
Mike’s background: Mike is currently a nurse practitioner specializing in cardiac surgery, heart transplant, artificial heart and mechanical support devices. In his prior career, he was a paramedic from 1995-2013 with the greatest portions of that time spent in New York City and Newark, New Jersey. He has been an instructor in Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support and other disciplines. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook Paramedic Program, Rutgers University and the University of South Florida.
Leading causes of death, Ages 1-44
Three types of trauma: Blunt, penetrating and burns.
- Blunt are things like falls, motor vehicle collisions and assaults with blunt objects.
- Penetrating are where an object actually enters the body to do damage: Stab wounds, impalements and GSW.
- Burns are thermal, chemical and radiation.
Shock is the inability or decreased ability to deliver oxygen to the tissues.
Hypovolemic/hemorrhagic: Dehydration, blood loss
Distributive: Sepsis (infection), anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction)
Neurogenic: spinal cord injury or other CNS injury resulting in loss of vasomotor tone
Cardiogenic: Impaired heart function.
KE=½ x mass x velocity²
Triage
The word means “to sort”
Color Coded:
- BLACK: Non salvageable. Move on.
- RED: Critical. Highest priority. Treat and transport first.
- YELLOW: Second priority
- GREEN: Walking wounded.
Equipment for an individual trauma kit:
- Gloves/Eye protection
- Trauma shears
- Gauze- 4 x 4 and abdominal (8 x 10 pads)
- 3” silk tape
- Cravat/sling/triangle bandage
- Tourniquet
- Chest seal with one way valve
- Quick clot material if available
- Space blanket
Tourniquet Usage
- Commercial ones are convenient. Can use a belt.
- Use for exsanguinating extremity trauma
- Mark time on patient if you have something to write with
- Don’t be afraid to use it. Can really be life saving.
What NOT to do
- Don’t stay in the hot zone!
- Don’t delay communication (call 9-1-1 or other emergency contact like marine channel 16) and transport to definitive care!
- Don’t do surgery! (Forget you saw that episode with Father Mulcahy on MASH). Don’t buy one of those mil-surp field surgery kits.
- Don’t use butter or oils on burns!
- Don’t use other home remedies.
Know your limitations (don’t outrun your skills)
- Get training!
- LEARN CPR as soon as possible and make sure all your family members learn too.
- There are local emergency squads, ranges and American Red Cross that provide First Aid Classes. If you’re really motivated, take a Certified First Responder (40 hour) or EMT (120 hour) class. If you eventually become an EMT, there a multitude of trauma and wildness EMT classes to take.
What complications can arise during treatment?
The rescuer becomes a victim by not watching for safety or entering a hot zone without proper precautions.
Support the ABCs
Environmental exposure-dirt, cold, etc. Major reason people die after trauma is pneumonia and other infections.
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- Michael where can people find you and what resources do you want to link to? -@mikescala7798 on Twitter, Handgun Radio Discussion Page
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-American Heart Association
Until next week, have fun and safe shooting!