Title: Describe management of a trauma patient.
Course: Emergency Medical Technician I (14055-I) > Section: Managing Traumatic Emergencies

Description should include

- an explanation of trauma scoring
- a summary of rapid transport and destination issues
- a discussion of the pros and cons of various transport modes.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What mechanisms of injury make a patient a high priority for transport?
- What is the golden period and the platinum ten?
- When should a patient be transported by air medical evacuation instead of by ground ambulance?