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Management Considerations in Blunt and Penetrating Trauma | July 2nd 2024

Date of Presentation: July 2, 2024

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Emergency Medical Services  

Keywords: #blunt trauma  #ems  #penetrating trauma  #severe trauma  #tourniquet  #trauma  #trauma care  

In this presentation, Kimberly Pruett MD, discusses the different types of severe traumas, blunt and penetrating injuries. She goes over various scenarios and the different indications for various treatments of these injuries.

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Dr. Kimberly Pruett
Dr. Kimberly Pruett
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Kim Pruett, MD, grew up in Albuquerque, NM, and completed her undergraduate degree from the Air Force Academy. She served 6 years in the active-duty Air Force as an intelligence officer. Upon completion of her military commitment, she returned to Albuquerque to work as an EMT while completing pre-requisites for medical school. Eventually, she was accepted to University of New Mexico School of Medicine and then completed her emergency medicine residency at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. She returned to Albuquerque and completed a rural/tribal EMS fellowship at UNM and is now faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine serving as the Medical Director for Albuquerque Fire Rescue and Medical Director for the state of New Mexico.

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Date added: June 27, 2024