Myles Downie IF Chronicity and Complexity
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Myles is a 24-year-old male arriving at a tertiary trauma centre from Manitoulin Island after a witnessed jump off a local railway crossing bridge. Myles was initially brought to the local community hospital where ATLS protocol was initiated by the rural ER physician. He was found to be hypotensive 82/45 mmHG, tachycadiac 120 bpm, and hypothermic at 34.5 C. X-rays revealed a pelvic fracture, a pneumothorax requiring a chest tube and bilateral open calcaneal fractures. Myles was then stabilized and transferred to the nearest tertiary centre 2 hours away via helicopter. Myles is well known to the local ER team in his home community of Zhiibaahaasing First Nations on Manitoulin Island for persistent suicidal ideation episodes. Myles comes from a large close-knit family with many of his relatives reunited over the past few years due to their own issues with being victims of the Residential School Act in their early years. Myles has tried to take his own life on several occasions, stating “I cannot take the pain forward from my ancestors anymore, it must die with me”. According to his sister and uncle, Myles began consuming more illicit substances and marijuana after his father took his own life 10 years ago and his mother was unable to take care of Myles and his siblings. His mother moved away, and Myles and his siblings were split up amongst several family members and placed in foster care. Despite leaving high school in grade 10, Myles has had some landscaping jobs and tree planting jobs over the past few years. Myles has been sent on two occasions to rehabilitation centres in Ottawa for substance abuse, but feels his problems are not addressed in these environments due to lack of cultural awareness. Myles enters the ER setting intubated with a chest tube in situ as well as a pelvic binder on. His lower extremities are in soft splints with dressings applied. The transfer team established additional IV access and has administered 2L of crystalloid fluids on route as well as rewarmed patient as he was quite cold when he left the Manitoulin hospital with a temperature of 35.4 degrees. They also report that Myles was given antibiotics and tetanus before leaving

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Complexity and Chronicity / Integration Foundation / Part 5 / Week 4
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Curriculum Block
Complexity and Chronicity Integration Foundation Part 5 Week 4
Curriculum Week
IF Week 8
Discipline
Emergency Medicine Indigenous Health Psychiatry Radiology
Longitudinal Discipline
Indigenous Health Priority Groups
MCC Presentations
Indigenous Health Prevention of Venous Thrombosis Suicidal Behavior Trauma
McMaster Program Competencies
2.1 Demonstrate an understanding of what knowledge is, the strengths and limitations of different ways of knowing, and how knowledge is created in historical, cultural and social contexts. 2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare 2.4 Apply principles of epidemiological sciences to the identification of health problems, risk factors, treatment strategies, resource allocation, and disease prevention/health promotion efforts for patients and populations 2.5 Apply principles of socio-behavioural sciences to the provision of patient care, including assessment of the impact of psychosocial and cultural influences on health, disease, care-seeking, care concordance, care adherence and barriers to and attitudes toward care. 3.4 Identify and perform learning activities that address one’s gaps in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes 5.5 Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to a diverse patient population, including all dimensions of diversity such as those that are included in human rights legislation and federal and provincial law. 5.6 Demonstrate a critical understanding of personal, professional and institutional power and privilege and utilize anti-oppressive practice to create patient experiences where marginalization and oppression are minimized. 6.1 Understand the systems of healthcare, including federal, provincial, municipal and local, and the influences they have on the health of individuals and populations
MeSH
Advanced Trauma Life Support Care [E02.365.152] Alcohol-Related Disorders [C25.775.100] Alcohol-Related Disorders [F03.900.100] Alcoholism [C25.775.100.250] Alcoholism [F03.900.100.350] Commitment of Mentally Ill [N03.706.535.351.200] Emergency Treatment [E02.365] Fractures, Bone [C26.404] Fractures, Open [C26.404.311] Indigenous Canadians [M01.270.968.500.600.375] Indigenous Peoples [M01.270.968] Multiple Trauma [C26.640] Venous Thrombosis [C14.907.355.830.925] Wounds and Injuries [C26]

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