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Hello, med students. My name is Zach Olson. Thank you so much for downloading this

episode of the EM Clerkship Podcast. Before we get started, I want to give a special shout

out to Michelle in Virginia. This topic was specifically requested by her today. So I really

appreciate you reaching out, Michelle. This is a great idea. I hope you enjoy. Now everybody,

I want you to close your eyes and imagine. In front of you is an 18-year-old male.

He's being wheeled in by EMS. He's on a backboard. He's wearing a collar. He's got some dried

blood on his face and his limbs. His t-shirt is all torn up. EMS states that he is a construction

worker and that he fell from the second floor onto a pile of debris from their company's building renovation.

So I want you to pause here. What do you do?

Today, I'm going to give you the approach to trauma.

Now this talk is actually formally outlined in a program called ATLS, Advanced Trauma Life Support.

And for those of you who have not done any trauma rotations, the big theme with ATLS is that you do something called a primary survey and then you do something called a

secondary survey. The primary survey is basically represented by this mnemonic, A, B, C, D, E. And then when

you're done with the primary survey, you move on to the secondary survey, where you do a head-to-toe

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