Preparing for Session 2
| Global: | UNE myLearn |
| Site: | Rotation 1 2020 Simulated surgical experience |
| Book: | Preparing for Session 2 |
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| Date: | Friday, 31 October 2025, 2:54 PM |
Specific learning objectives
Students should:
- Demonstrate the basic principles of a secondary survey
- Identify a flail segment in a trauma patient
- Identify complications associated with a flail segment
- Demonstrate the basic principles of management of a flail segment
Skills mastered
Students should:
- Demonstrate the skills of a secondary survey
- Demonstrate the skills of a chest examinationÂ
- Demonstrate the skills of interpreting and describing plain x-rays and CT imaging
Guiding questions
To guide your preparation for this session, please ensure you have considered the following questions:
- How would you assess this patient in terms of a secondary survey?
- What is a flail segment? How would you recognise it?
- What is the management of a flail segment?