To access this course, you need to be logged in/registered. Click here to continue.

Analysing whether hand or forearm injuries can be missed in polytrauma patients

Expiry Date
: 01/06/2025
CPD Units
: 3.00 Points
Rating
: 2.2/4

When assessing a patient with multiple traumatic injuries, it may be easy to miss less significant injuries, like hand or arm injuries. This article utilised the Trauma Register DGU® to analyse the data.

Keywords: Multiple trauma, TraumaRegister DGU®, Missed hand injuries, Injury Severity Scale

Reading material:

Educational Objectives

Educational Aim:
The aim of this article was to provide the reader with new data on hand and forearm injuries in polytrauma patients, specifically those that were missed.

Educational Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module practitioners should have a clear understanding of:

  1. The TraumaRegister DGU®
  2. If certain types of injuries made the patient predisposed to missed injury or not
  3. The most commonly missed injuries in polytrauma patients.

Instructions for this Module

  • Read the supplied reading material and complete the quiz that follows;
  • You have three attempts to pass the quiz;
  • The pass grade is 70%;
  • You need to pass the quiz to claim your CPD certificate;
  • Please click on the CPD certificate link below to claim your CPD certificate and to update your CPD Manager.

If you need any assistance to complete this module, please Contact us

.