EMS Care  EMR Chapter E19 |  Trauma  starts with the introduction to what is Trauma and the details of kinetic energy. The different types of trauma are described, followed by discussions as to what a EMR must do in these situations.

The lessons covered are

1. Trauma Overview.
2. Bleeding.
3. Chest Trauma.
4. Special Considerations in Trauma and Multi-system Trauma Part 1, and,
5. Special Considerations in Trauma and Multi-system Trauma Part 2.

To get credit for this course, you must watch all the lessons in their entirety, the course review, and pass the quiz at the end with a score of 75% or better.

An Excerpt from the course on Trauma

The following are the rules regarding dressing wounds:

1. A dressing and bandage are of little value if they do not help control bleeding. Continue to apply dressing and apply pressure as needed to control bleeding.
2. Use sterile or clean materials. Avoid touching dressing in the area that will come into contact with the wound.
3. Cover the entire surface of the wound and, if possible, the immediate area surrounding the injury.
4. Once a dressing is applied to a wound, it must remain in place. Add new dressings on top of blood-soaked dressings. And,
5. When a dressing is removed from a wound, bleeding may restart or increase in rate.