Life threatening injuries in major trauma
ATOMFC
A - airway obstruction
T - tension pneumothroax
O - open pneumothorax
M - massive haemothorax
F - flail chest and pulmonary contusion
C - cardiac tamponade
A - airway obstruction
T - tension pneumothroax
O - open pneumothorax
M - massive haemothorax
F - flail chest and pulmonary contusion
C - cardiac tamponade
More mnemonics in this category
- Acute LVF management
- Atrial fibrillation: causes of new onset
- GCS Intubation
- Ipecac: contraindications
- JVP: raised JVP differential
- MI: immediate treatment
- PEA/Asystole (ACLS): etiology
- Rapid sequence intubation (RSI)
- Respiratory burns
- Shock: signs and symptoms
- Shock: types
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) causes
- Syncope causes, by system
- Tension pneumothorax: signs and symptoms