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 Published: 28/11/2011

With a tingling running down your spine you hear

Mechanism

Symptoms
32yr Male
Farm worker
Front seat restrained
passenger
High speed
Head on collision
Pulse 140
Resp 24
BP Unrecordable
GCS 14    e4 v4 m6

Injuries

Treatment

Head
Chest
Lower limb

Oxygen
Hard Collar
IV access
Analgesia

You request a Trauma call
The patient arrives 30mins post injury and adeptly you perform your primary survey