Probability of getting 1 Question from this chapter

103%

1 or 2 questions might come.

And it’s all basic Bailey & Love anyway.

This is a feel-good chapter. Makes you feel in control, say in Casualty.

You should have read the basics of this Chapter anyway.

High-yield areas include

• GCS
• Abdominal Trauma – Approach
• Pneumothorax – Approach

Questions on this chapter from recent NEET and AIIMS examinations have been about

• Persistent hypotension – approach
• Revised Trauma Score
• Balanced resuscitation
• FAST examination
• Damage control surgery
• Blast injuries – Overview
• Intercostal drainage
• Trauma and Injury Severity Score
• Tension pneumothorax – Features
• AAST kidney Injury Scale
• Rx of suspected cervical fracture
• Features of Cranial fossa fracture
• Triage – Overview
• Best modality to assess the injury to the abdominal organs
• Mangled Extremity Severity Score
• Transport of Poly-trauma patient
• Glasgow Coma Scale
• Blunt Trauma Abdomen – Assessment
• Cushing’s ulcers
• Primary survey of a traumatized patient

Following are more areas to revise, to ensure max score:

• Flail Chest – Overview
• Abdominal Compartment Syndrome – Overview
• Organs injury different Abdominal trauma
• Response to surgical stress
• Cardiac tamponade – Overview
• Grading of Intra-abdominal Hypertension
• Brainstem death – Definition
• Rib fracture – Management
• Classification of hemorrhagic shock
• Blunt Trauma Abdomen – Overview
• Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage – Indications, evaluation