Secondary Survey of the Trauma Patient (PHTLS 9e BLS Edition)selected product title

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This interactive lecture discusses the foundation on which all management and transport decisions are based. You need to establish an overall impression of a patient’s status and determine baseline values for the patient’s respiratory, circulatory, and neurologic systems. If time and the patient’s condition allow, a secondary survey is conducted for non-life-threatening injuries. For critical or unstable patients, this secondary survey occurs during transport.

After completing this course, the practitioner will be able to:

• Explain the purpose and sequencing of performing a secondary survey.
• Choose the most appropriate secondary survey tool or tools to obtain pertinent physical findings.
• Identify transport options for a trauma patient based on assessment findings.

Practitioners who successfully complete the Secondary Survey of the Trauma Patient (PHTLS 9e BLS Edition) course are eligible for 0.5 hours of continuing education through CAPCE.