Assessment of chest trauma is one of the more difficult presentations for first responders and paramedics. This discussion will focus on systematic assessment, treatment principles and risk stratification for the pre-hospital health provider.
Learning objectives:
Biography: Shaun Whitmore
Shaun Whitmore is an Intensive Care Flight Paramedic with Air Ambulance Victoria. Shaun is also an Urban Search and Rescue Operator, and AusMAT Team Leader, a Wilderness Medical Instructor and a Division 1 Registered Nurse. Shaun has interests in austere, remote and disaster medicine, and has been involved in the introduction of first responder and aeromedical systems in Borneo and PNG. Shaun has recently authored the Chest Injury Chapter for Paramedic Principles and Practice/A Clinical Reasoning Approach 2E.
The College is the peak professional body representing and supporting paramedics and student paramedics across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand since 1973.
The College acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the land and sea in which we live and work, we recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and culture and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.
The College acknowledges Māori as tangata whenua and Treaty of Waitangi partners in Aotearoa New Zealand.
