#4. Emergency Care Flashcards
First crucial step in proper injury management?
On the field assesment
What does the primary survey include?
Determine the presence of life-threatening injuries of conditions.
What does the secondary survey include?
Determines the presence of other issues that are not life threatening NOW but may become so.
What 3 questions do you ask yourself in a primary survey?
- Is the scene safe?
- LOC
- A (airway), B (breathing), C (circulation)
If the patient is determined to unconscious, what is the first thing you do?
Stabilize the spine if necessary.
If the patient is conscious, what is the next step after performing a secondary survey?
Vital signs, history, musculoskeletal, evaluation
When you are bleeding out or have internal bleeding or when the vasculature dilates and blood pools you can go into _______ shock.
hypovolemic
5 life threatening conditions?
A,B,Cs, deadly bleeding, and shock
If an athlete is unwilling to more or cant support their own body weight, what should you do?
Call 911.
What is it called when the heart is not able to exert enough pressure to circulate oxygenated blood to vital organs?
shock
Type of shock: decrease in blood volume and pressure
hypololemic
Type of shock: lungs cannot supply enough oxygen
respiratory
Type of shock: dilation of peripheral blood vessels due to CNS trauma
neurogenic
Type of shock: complication of untreated diabetes or extreme loss of bodily fluid
metabolic
Type of shock: temporary dilation of blood vessels decreases normal amount of blood to brain (syncope) -eg. when you see something and pass out
psychogenic
