33, 34 Flashcards
WOTF will effect your ability to accurately evaluate a spinal injury?
Long bone injury
When do you apply c-spine?
Mental status
What is the primary concern when a patient becomes unconscious following injury to head?
Patient is unable to protect airway
WOTF would indicate a spinal chord injury?
Diaphramatic breathing
Med director asks you to describe a partial thickness (2nd degree) burn to him. Choose the description that will best match
They will often present with blisters
You are treating a patient with epistaxis who also requires backboarding. Which of the following is your greatest concern?
Airway Management
Why don’t we just use the straps on the cot?
the patient could fall of the board while transfering to the cot.
What conditions need to be present for an injury on the extremity to be considered open?
A break in the skin above the injured site
How much blood can be lost from a bilateral femur fracture?
3 liters
When do you leave the helmet on?
When taking the helmet off would do more damage than good.
