Ch 10-14 Review

Question 1

How do you care for an embedded/impaled object?

Answer 1

Call 911 
Wear gloves
Control external bleeding
Continue to monitor persons condition 
Minimize shock
Wash hands

Question 2

What is an occlusive dressing?

Answer 2

Dressing that closes a wound or damaged part of the body to prevent exposure to air or water

Question 3

When would you use occlusive dressing and what time of material?

Answer 3

For chest and abdominal injuries

Plastic wrap

Question 4

What is the purpose of an elastic roller bandage,

Answer 4

Keeps continuous pressure on a body part to control swelling

Question 5

What damage can occur if a elastic roller bandage is applied incorrectly,

Answer 5

It would restrict blood flow

Question 6

How do you care for a minor open wound?

Answer 6

Gloves
Direct pressure for a few minutes to control bleeding
Wash wound thoroughly with soap and water
Cover wound with clean dressing and a bandage
Remove gloves and wash hands

Question 7

What is a partial thickness burn?

Answer 7

(2nd degree)

Epidermis and dermis
Red, wet skin and blisters

Question 8

What is a superficial burn?

Answer 8

(1st degree)

Epidermis only
Red dry skin

Question 9

What is a full thickness burn

Answer 9

(3rd degree)

All layers of skin and underlying tissue
Skin may be brown or charred and underlying tissue may be white

Question 10

What is a critical burn?

Answer 10

Potentially life threatening, disabling, and disfiguring that requires EMS

Question 11

How do you care for a liquid chemical burn?

Answer 11

Flush with large amounts of cold tap water for 20 mins and minimize shock

Question 12

How do you care for a dry chemical burn?

Answer 12

Brush off chemical with gloves or towel, flush with large amounts of cold tap water and minimize shock

Question 13

What are signs and symptoms of an infection?

Answer 13

Area around becomes swollen and red
Area may feel warm or throb with pain
Pus discharge
Red streaks to the direction of heart

Question 14

Describe 4 burn situations that require a 911 call

Answer 14

Trouble breathing
Burns cover large part of body
Burn resulting from chemicals, explosion, or electricity
Suspected burns to airway

Question 15

Whats the difference between a tendon and ligament?

Answer 15

Tendons attach muscle to the bone, while ligaments hold bones together at a joint

Question 16

What is an open fracture

Answer 16

When the fracture has broken skin and the bone may be sticking out

Question 17

What are signs/symptoms of a dislocation?

Answer 17

Joints no longer function properly

displaced part of bone often forms a bump, a ridge or a hollow that does not normally exist

Question 18

Four signs of serious musculoskeletal injury

Answer 18

Snapping sound
Significant deformity
Bone fragments sticking out
Feel bones grating

Question 19

What is the purpose of immobilization

Answer 19

Lessen pain
Prevent further damage to soft tissue
Reduce the risk of bleeding
Prevents closed fractures from becoming open ones

Question 20

What’s a soft splint and what would you use it for?

Answer 20

Folded blankets, towels, pillows, or triangular bandage

Shoulder, elbow or upper arm

Question 21

What’s a ridged splint and what would you use it for?

Answer 21

Padded board, folded magazine, or news paper

Fractured or broken arm

Question 22

What’s a anatomic splint and what would you use it for?

Answer 22

Persons own body

Leg, knee or broken finger

Question 23

What are the characteristics of a broken femur?

Answer 23

Significant deformity
One leg is noticeably shorter than the other
Injured leg may be turned outward

Question 24

What is manual stabilization and when should you NOT use it?

Answer 24

A technique used to achieve spinal motion restriction by manually supporting the persons head and neck in the position found without the use of any equipment

Can’t maintain and open airway and you need to go get something

Question 25

4 obvious sings of possible head injury

Answer 25

Confusion
Nausea
Headaches
Temporary memory loss

Question 26

What would have been damaged In a back injury that resulted in paralysis?

Answer 26

Brain, spinal chord or nerves

Question 27

What are some signs and symptoms that someone may have a rib fracture?

Answer 27

Breathing is shallow
Supporting injured area to reduce pain
Bruising

Question 28

Give an example of an embedded/impaled object

Answer 28

• an object that reminds in an open wound

- nail, piece of glass, splinter or knife