Author: Callum Gandolfi / Editor: Martin Dore / Reviewer: Srikanth Padmanabhan / Codes: / Published: 17/11/2022
The red phone rings. The prehospital team are bringing in a 14-year-old girl from a road traffic accident. She was a restrained front seat passenger in a car travelling 30mph. Her mother lost control and the car hit a tree. She self-extricated from the vehicle but began to complain of abdominal pain when the prehospital team arrived.
Her observations are as below:
- GCS 15/15
- Pulse 126
- Blood pressure 79/43
- Respiratory rate 32
- Saturations 100% on 15L via non-rebreathe mask
- Temperature 36.5oC
Her mother is also inbound in an ambulance but is stable. As part of the trauma team, you receive the above handover and prepare your resus cubicle.
