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Podcast: Disaster Podcast
Episode: Management of USAR Entrapped Trauma Patients
Description: Photo Credit Dr. Joe Holley
In this episode we look at the variable patient presentations USAR docs and paramedics encounter when rescuing individuals from a collapsed structure. Joe points out that these patients vary based on the amount of time that has passed since the initial disaster situation. If you’re responding to the early hours after a collapse, your approach is more immediate life threats such as hemorrhage management or opening and maintaining an airway.
Many hours or even days later, rescuers are less likely to encounter survivors with active life threats and are more likely to...