You are the nursing supervisor at the local hospital when you are advised that your hospital will be receiving multiple trauma victims from a blast that occurred at a local manufacturing plant
The paramedics call in a victim of the blast with injuries including a head injury and hemorrhage. What phase of blast injury would you expect to treat in this patient?
A) Primary phase
B) Secondary phase
C) Tertiary phase
D) Quaternary phase
Ans: A
Feedback: Pulmonary barotraumas, including pulmonary contusions; head injuries, including concussion, other severe brain injuries; tympanic membrane rupture, middle ear injury; abdominal hollow organ perforation, and hemorrhage are all injuries that can occur in the primary phase of a blast.
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