Interactive Trauma Case Studies
Practice your trauma assessment and management skills with realistic case scenarios. Each case study provides immediate feedback and educational content.
Polytrauma After a Motor Vehicle Collision
32-year-old male, unrestrained driverAssess an injured driver after a high-speed collision, with chest and abdominal trauma and hemodynamic instability.
Blunt Renal Trauma
63-year-old woman after a fallFollow a delayed presentation with flank pain and hematuria through renal imaging, injury grading, and kidney-preserving management.
Penetrating Abdominal Trauma
20-year-old man with an abdominal gunshot woundWork through shock recognition, trauma-bay assessment, operative care, and postoperative reassessment after a single abdominal gunshot wound.
Blunt Chest Trauma and Rib Fractures
45-year-old construction workerEvaluate chest pain and breathlessness after a workplace injury, then plan care for rib fractures and a traumatic hemothorax.
Head Trauma After a Motorcycle Collision
22-year-old maleAssess a motorcycle crash patient with severe head trauma and declining neurological status.
Geriatric Trauma and Anticoagulation
78-year-old woman after a ground-level fallPlan care for an older adult taking warfarin and metoprolol who strikes her head and develops hip pain after a fall.
Pelvic Trauma After a Motorcycle Collision
42-year-old maleAssess a hemodynamically unstable motorcycle crash patient with suspected pelvic injury, from arrival through intervention planning.
Open Lower-Extremity Fracture
52-year-old male after a motorcycle collisionManage a limb-threatening open lower-extremity injury with absent distal pulses and coordinate multidisciplinary care.
Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury After a Motorcycle Collision
21-year-old male after a motorcycle collisionFollow a young motorcycle crash patient from the trauma bay chest X-ray through CT diagnosis, injury grading, endovascular repair, a postoperative left-arm pulse change, and discharge.