Preparing for Session 2

Global: UNE myLearn
Site: Rotation 1 2020 Simulated surgical experience
Book: Preparing for Session 2
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Date: Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 7:42 AM

Specific learning objectives

Students should:

  1. Demonstrate the basic principles of a secondary survey
  2. Identify a flail segment in a trauma patient
  3. Identify complications associated with a flail segment
  4. Demonstrate the basic principles of management of a flail segment

Skills mastered

Students should:

  1. Demonstrate the skills of a secondary survey
  2. Demonstrate the skills of a chest examination 
  3. 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:

  1. How would you assess this patient in terms of a secondary survey?
  2. What is a flail segment? How would you recognise it?
  3. What is the management of a flail segment?