After students complete this chapter and the related course work, they will understand how to manage a patient with abdominal and genitourinary trauma. The student will learn how to recognize life threats associated with these injuries and the need for immediate intervention. The curriculum includes detailed anatomy and physiology of the abdominal and genitourinary systems as well as the pathophysiology, complications, assessment, and management of abdominal and genitourinary injuries. The assessment section is very comprehensive and follows the primary and secondary model. Specific injuries discussed include blunt versus penetrating mechanisms, evisceration, impaled object, injuries to external genitalia, vaginal bleeding secondary to trauma, and sexual assault. Emergency care skills include management of blunt abdominal injury, penetrating abdominal injury, and abdominal evisceration.

After students complete this chapter and the related course work, they will understand the anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system. They will have learned the proper assessment for a suspected and obvious injury. They will have learned general and specific types of musculoskeletal injuries including fractures, sprains, and dislocations, with associated signs, symptoms, and emergency treatment including the use of splints and traction splints.

Skills stations include bleeding control, lacerations, flail chest, multisystem trauma, rib fractures, stable angina, Don Juan syndrome (jumping from high and landing on feet), DKA, Auto pedestrian accident with minor injury, spinal injuries, low velocity falls