Demonstrate management of wounds to the abdomen and genitourinary system.

Demonstration should include pathophysiology, assessment, and management of

• abdominal and genitourinary wounds caused by blunt mechanisms compared to those caused by penetrating mechanisms
• evisceration
• impaled object
• solid and hollow organ injuries
• injuries to the internal or external genitalia.

Demonstration should also include psychosocial aspects of age-related assessment and treatment modifications for the major or common diseases and/or emergencies associated with pediatric and geriatric patients.

Process/Skill Questions:

• What organs are in each of the abdominal quadrants?
• How is abdominal evisceration properly managed?
• What are some general guidelines an EMT should follow in managing bleeding from a wound to the external genitalia?