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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Educ. 2018 Dec 27;76(3):824–831. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2018.12.003

Table 1.

SAVE Lab Objectives.

OBJECTIVE 1. Safe and efficient entry into the abdomen and chest

  1. Trauma Laparotomy

  2. Left Anterolateral Thoracotomy

  3. Median Sternotomy

OBJECTIVE 2. Immediate control of abdominal/thoracic hemorrhage by applying direct pressure

  1. Abdominal packing

  2. Splenic hilar control

  3. Hepatic hilar control (Pringle)

  4. Renal hilar control

  5. Lung hilar control

  6. Proximal and distal IVC and aortic compression

OBJECTIVE 3. Accurate assessment of hollow viscus injury and development of an appropriate plan for resection versus repair

  1. Stomach, duodenum, small bowel, ureter, bladder, lung, colon

OBJECTIVE 4. Accurate assessment of solid organ injury and development of an appropriate plan for resection versus repair

  1. Liver, spleen, pancreas kidney

OBJECTIVE 5. Control of vascular hemorrhage

  1. Proximal and distal control

  2. Topical hemostatics and suturing

  3. Heart, IVC, aorta

OBJECTIVE 6. Rapid decompression of the chest

  1. Decompression and treatment of pneumothorax

  2. Release of pericardial tamponade

OBJECTIVE 7. Damage control

  1. Recognize the indications, timing, and techniques for performing a truncated procedure

OBJECTIVE 8. Team coordination

  1. Senior ability to support and guide team

  2. Junior ability to respond to direction and remain focused on task

  3. Group ability to rapidly respond to instability induced by traumatic injury