SAQ 547 – Pre-hospital / Retrieval – helicopter transfer with traumatic brain injury

You are asked to retrieve a 20-year-old man from a small hospital 100 km away by helicopter. He was in a high-speed motor vehicle crash and has rib fractures, a fractured right femur and traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage.

List two (2) important transport-preparation steps under each heading: airway, breathing and circulation.

(Marked out of 6.0)
</p> <table class="saq-prop-table"> <thead> <tr> <th>System</th> <th>Preparation steps</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Airway 1.</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Airway 2.</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Breathing 1.</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Breathing 2.</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Circulation 1.</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Circulation 2.</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>

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State five (5) steps to optimise intracranial pressure.

(Marked out of 5.0)

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List five (5) general limitations of helicopter retrieval.

(Marked out of 5.0)

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