287. Trauma - Managing Bleeding

Surgery 101

This is the 2nd episode in a 2-part series on dealing with trauma. This episode is brought to you by Tiffany Paradis, a 4th year medical student at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Today we will discuss how to manage a patient who has undergone a trauma. In the last episode, we looked at initial assessment and resuscitation, and in this episode we'll look at the management of hemorrhage. By the end of this podcast you should be able to: Identify the two types of hemorrhage Provide three methods to control external hemorrhage Define the FAST exam, why it is performed, and the regions examined List the six locations of life threatening bleeding Define the difference between exploratory and damage control laparotomy