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Casualty Evaluation and Evacuation Flashcards

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What is Casualty Assessment

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systematic process for assessment of the trauma casualty and is essential for recognizing life-threatening conditions, identifying injuries, and determining priorities of care based on assessment findings

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What are the objectives for casualty care

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  • Treatment of the casualty
  • Prevention of additional casualties
  • Completion of the mission
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4 diagnostic signs in the primary survey of a casualty

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  • Pulse
  • Respiration
  • Skin color
  • State of consciousness
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What are the 4 basic lifesaving steps

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  • Open Airway
  • Check for Breathing
  • Check for signs of circulation
  • Treat for Shock
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What are the secondary assessment

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-Prepare casualty for transport
-Reassess life treating injuries and treatment
-Manage problems w/ airways and breathing
Dressing, Bandage, Splint, Tourniquets are secure enough to withstand rough transport

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What 3 conditions of casualties required stopping for treatment

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  • Pulseless, non-breathing casualty
  • Casualty with massive bleeding
  • Those in coma or shock
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What is the best medicine on the battlefield

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Fire superiority

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How to clear the airway of an unconscious victim

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Abdominal thrusts

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How to clear the airway of a conscious victim

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  • Abdominal thrusts

- Heimlich maneuver

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Use when the victim is pregnant or the abdomen is impossible to encircle

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Chest thrusts

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How to conduct rescue breathing

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Mouth to mouth rescue breathing

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Use when victim has a severe jaw fracture/mouth wound or tightly closed by spasms

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Mouth to nose rescue breathing

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Use when operating in a CBRN environment and the casualty and rescuer are masked

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Chest pressure and arm lift method

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What are the cycle of chest compression

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1 cycle equals 30 compressions and 2 breaths (total of 5 cycles in one minutes)

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When to stop doing CPR

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  • Mission does not permit further efforts
  • Competent medical assistance help arrives
  • Physically unable to continue due to fatigue
  • Casualty recovers
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How to conduct Head to Toe assessment (DCAP-BTLS)

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Deformities: Fractures
Contusions: Bruises
Abrasions: Road rashes
Punctures/penetrations: Stab/guns
Burns: 1st, 2nd, 3rd degree
Tenderness: Internal bleeding
Lacerations: Bleeding external and internal
Swelling: Internal injury
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What is the 9 essential diagnostic signs

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  • Pulse
  • Respiration
  • Blood pressure
  • Temperature
  • Skin Color
  • Pupils
  • Level of consciousness
  • Ability to move
  • Reaction to pain
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What is the Triage procedures

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  • Sorting or allocation of casualties according to a system of priorities
  • Continuing process and is the responsibility of the best-trained individual at a disaster
19
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What os the 3 categories of priority for treatment

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  • Urgent
  • Priority
  • Routine
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What is considered Urgent casualty

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Severe injury; threat to life, limb, or eyesight

  • Airway and breathing difficulties
  • Gunshot wounds
  • Spinal or pelvic fractures
  • Cardiac arrest
  • Uncontrolled/ suspected hidden bleeding
  • Open chest or abdominal wounds
  • Severe head injuries with evidence of brain damage, no matter how slight
  • Medical Problem
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What is considered Priority treatment

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Injury that requires immediate medical attention, not threat to life, limb, or eyesight

  • 25% Burns without complications
  • Major or multiple fractures
  • Back injuries without spinal damage
  • Heat/cold injuries—not counting heat stroke
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What is considered Routine treatment

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Injury that is not threat to life, limb or eyesight

  • Injuries of a minor nature, i.e. sprains, small fractures, minor lacerations, etc
  • Obviously mortal wounds where death appears reasonably certain
  • Dead
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What is Mass casualties

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declared when the number and nature of casualties exceeds the skill level, resources, and personnel of those present

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What to do w/ CBRN casualties

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  • separate category of triage
  • Initial Step of Segregation
  • Not allowed to contaminate other casualties, ambulances, or the hospital
25
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What is the 6 manual carry techniques

LIT PDF

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  • Litter carry (two-person or four-person)
  • Improvised litters
  • Two-person rifle or pack carry
  • Poncho drag
  • Drag: One person or two person
  • Fireman’s carry
26
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2 types of CasEvac Transportation

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Ground, Air

27
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Factors affect the ability of CasEvac via ground or air (M SWAT)

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  • Mission
  • Status of the casualties
  • Weather
  • Availability of aircraft or vehicles
  • Tactical situation
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What can ground transportation provide

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  • M997: Hard/ back; 4 litters or 8 ambulatory

- M1035: Soft/ Low; 2 litters or 3 ambulatory

29
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What can air transportation provide

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  • UH-1 Huey: LW Helo; 6L/10amb
  • CH-46E Sea Knight: M Helo: 15L/10amb
  • CH-53D/E Sea/Super Stallion: 24L/37amb
  • V-22 Osprey: 12L/24amb
30
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2 methods of casualty reporting

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9-line CasEvac/Casualty Report

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What goes on a 9-line CaEvac

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  • Grid coordinates of pick up site (8 DG)
  • Radio frequency/NET ID and call sign
  • Number of casualties by precedence
  • Special equipment requirement
  • Number of casualties by type (L/A)
  • Security at pickup site
  • Method of marking
  • Patient nationality and status
  • Additional information
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What goes on a Casualty Report

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  • Name, grade, SSN, unit
  • Time of incident
  • Location of incident
  • Type of wound
  • Location of wound
  • Casualty status
  • Casualty evacuation required?(Y/N)
  • Activity in which casualty engaged

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