RT Book, Section A1 Jones, Cathie Tingey A2 Ellinas, Herodotos A2 Matthes, Kai A2 Alrayashi, Walid A2 Bilge, Aykut SR Print(0) ID 1176458781 T1 Trauma and Special Emergencies T2 Clinical Pediatric Anesthesiology YR 2021 FD 2021 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781259585746 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1176458781 RD 2024/03/28 AB FOCUS POINTSTrauma is the leading cause of pediatric mortality and these patients are best served at facilities equipped to treat children.Injuries not in character with the play patterns of children should raise concerns for nonaccidental trauma.The primary survey for pediatric patients is ABCDE: Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, and Exposure.It is important to prevent hypothermia in trauma patients to avoid the triad of acidosis, coagulopathy, and death.Burn patients are in a hypermetabolic state and have altered pharmacodynamics of many drugs, including neuromuscular blockers. They can also become very tolerant to pain medications.If inhalational injury is suspected in a burn patient, intubation should happen early.