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Protocol for paging Trauma team The Trauma Team Primary Survey Secondary Survey Radiology Placement Head injuries Spinal Injuries Chest Injury Blunt abdominal Trauma Penetrating abdominal Trauma Urological Injuries Eye Trauma

Hand Injuries Burns Carbon monoxide poisoning Obstetric Trauma Paediatric Trauma Paediatric resuscitation chart Hypothermia Universal Precautions Blood Alcohol Testing Patient transfers into Liverpool Patient transfers out of Liverpool Telephone numbers Acknowledgments

Any patient can be infected with HIV, even with no symptoms.

It takes up to six months after exposure for a person to develop HIV antibodies.

Therefore, all staff must use precautions with blood and body fluids from all patients to protect themselves from exposures to HIV, Hep B and Hep C.

These precautions also protect against other infectious organisms.

• Wash hands before and after all patient or specimen contact.
• Treat the blood of all patients as potentially infectious.
• Treat all linen soiled with blood or body secretions as potentilly infectious.
• Wear gloves if contact with blood and body fluids is possible.
• Place used syringes immediately in nearby impermeable container; do NOT recap or manipulate needle in any way.
• Wear protective eye wear and mask if splatter with blood or body fluids is possible (e.g. bronchoscopy, oral surgery).
• Process all laboratory specimens as potentially infections.
• Wear mask if there is risk of infection by TB or other respiratory organisms (HIV is not airborne)

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