Chapter 33, Abdominal & Genitourinary Trauma (PARAMEDIC)

Upon completion of this chapter and related course assignments, students will be able to integrate assessment findings with principles of epidemiology and pathophysiology to formulate a field impression to implement a comphrensive treatment/disposition plan for a patient with abdominal trauma. Students will be able to describe the anatomy and physiology of the abdomen; identify the vascular structures contained in the abdomen; identify and describe the solid and hollow organs contained in the abdomen; and describe the anatomy and physiology of the female and male genitourinary systems. Students will be able to define and discuss open and closed abdominal injuries, providing examples of the mechanisms of injury that are likely to cause these types of injuries; explain the assessment of a patient who has experienced an abdominal or genitourinary injury; and describe the emergency medical care of a patient who has sustained an open or closed abdominal injury.