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Answer: Shock
DIR By: Leslie Myers
Date: March 9, 2012, 1:25 pm
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Yes MAST pants are part of the protocol!
Apply MAST, if available and regionally approved1:
A. In adults with major blunt trauma, if the systolic blood
pressure is below 50 mm Hg
and signs of inadequate perfusion are present, inflate all three
compartments to the
recommended pressure or until the pop-off valves of all three
compartments pop
open.
B. In adults with major blunt trauma, if the systolic blood
pressure is below 90 mm Hg
and signs of inadequate perfusion and an unstable pelvic
fracture is present,
inflate all three compartments to the recommended pressure or
until the pop-off
valves of all three compartments pop open.
· If the patient has pulmonary edema, do not apply MAST!
· If the patient has a penetrating chest injury, do not apply
MAST!
· If the patient has unilaterally decreased breath sounds, do
not apply MAST!
· If the patient has an evisceration or an impaled object in the
abdomen or legs,
inflate only the MAST compartments not overlying the
evisceration or
impaled object!
· If the patient is known to be pregnant, inflate only the
MAST’s leg
compartments!
· If the patient has a cardiac related problem, do not apply
MAST!
· If the patient is a child, do not apply MAST!
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