Abdominal Emergencies

Question 1

Appendicitis

Answer 1

Right lower quadrant pain
Sick +++
Rebound tenderness
From umbelicus

Question 2

Pancreatitis

Answer 2

Sick +++
Pain no matter what they eat
nausea and vomiting +++
History of alcohol/gall stones
Centre of a abdominal

Question 3

Cholecystitis

Answer 3

Right upper pain
Worse with fatty foods
Pain +
colicky pain
Shoots to right shoulder pain

Question 4

Biliary colic “ gall stone “

Answer 4

Right upper pain
Worse with fatty foods
Colicky pain
Pain +

Question 5

Renal colic “ kidney stones “

Answer 5

Flank pain
Pain +++
Shoots to crotch
Blood in urine

Question 6

Peritionititis

Answer 6

Across hold abdomen

Question 7

Hepatitis

Answer 7

Jaundice
ABCDE

Question 8

Abdominal aortic aneurysm AAA

Answer 8

Shock +++
Tearing sensation
Lowered the bp
Abdo and chest pain
Pulsating mass
Put in trendenlenburg

Question 9

Upper G.I. problems

Answer 9

Bright, red puke
Melena stool
Coffee ground emesis

Question 10

Lower gi

Answer 10

Pooping, bright red blood
Read, tarry stool

Question 11

Soild oragan injuries

Answer 11

Injury to solid organs usually results in rapid and significant blood loss
Liver and spleen, or both primary sources
Liver injury should be expected for any patient with steering wheel trauma

Question 12

Hollow organ

Answer 12

Results in septa’s wound infection, and absence formation
Injuries to hollow organs, recent, and symptoms from spillage of their contacts resulting in Peritonitis

Question 13

Eviscreation

Answer 13

The presence of abdominal contents protruding through a lacerations for puncture

Question 14

MCVs are the most common cause of trauma during pregnancy due to the seatbelt and sudden increase in pressure that can cause

Answer 14

Untrie rupture, placenta abruption and foetal death

Question 15

Treatment for pregnancy trauma

Answer 15

once patient is fully immobilize till the back porch approximately 10 to 15° to the left the pressure will take pressure off the inferior Venna cava assist with blood back to the heart

Question 16

Umbillicus

Answer 16

Goes towards the belly button

Question 17

Two places that most blood accumulate

Answer 17

Abdomen
Pelvis

Question 18

BRUE

Answer 18

Unexplained event with one or more of the following
Changing colour
Changing breathing
Change in tone
Altered LLC/responsiveness
And no alternate cause
Events usually current infants under year with peek at 10 to 12 weeks
Duration is one minute or less

Question 19

SIDS

Answer 19

Sudden infant death syndrome
A decrease when no coalbed sharing
Number one cause of death along infants, one month one year remains unpredictable
baby has an on July abnormally that makes them unable to respond to low O2 or high CO2 levels in the blood
usually within the first six months of life
respecters include smoking drug use overheating, sleeping on soft surfaces or extra bedding, fall and winter months, young mothers, low birth weight, no prenatal care

Question 20

Pat

Answer 20

Appearance mental position, muscle tone
Breathing effort, visible movement
Circulation, skin colour
You’ve done every call
After scene size up, an initial assessment before ABC’s

Question 21

What are pediatrics?

Answer 21

Anyone under 18

Question 22

Neonate

Answer 22

0 to 28 days

Question 23

Infants

Answer 23

1 month to 1yr

Question 24

Toddlers

Answer 24

1-2yrs

Question 25

Preschoolers

Answer 25

3-5yrs

Question 26

School-aged

Answer 26

6-10

Question 27

Adolescence

Answer 27

11-18

Question 28

Infant breathing

Answer 28

30-53

Question 29

Toddler breathing

Answer 29

22-37

Question 30

Preschool breathing

Answer 30

20-28

Question 31

School-age breathing

Answer 31

18-25

Question 32

Normal systolic BP

Answer 32

90+2 (age of pt )

Question 33

Minimum systolic blood pressure

Answer 33

70+2 (age of pt)

Question 34

How to treat feber seizures

Answer 34

Tempt water passive cooling