CH 5: Assessment

Question 1

Emergency O2 ranges + treatment medium

Answer 1

Normal range: 100-95% - No treatment

Mild Hypoxia: 94-91% - Nasal cannula / standard mask

Moderate Hypoxia: 90-86% - Non-Rebreather or Bag-valve mask

Sever Hypoxia: 85% or lower - Non-rebreather or Bag-valve mask

Question 2

O2 Flow rate for masks

Answer 2

Nasal cannula: 1-4L/min & breathing
Standard Mask: 6-10L/min & breathing
Non-rebreather: 10+L/min & breathing
Bag-valve-mask: 15L/min & breathing OR NOT breathing

Question 3

Injuries that require immediate RTC calls

Answer 3

• Multi-system trauma
• Internal or external hemorrhaging
• Decrease LOR or unresponsiveness
• Chest pain
• Extensive burns
• Unstable pelvic injury
• Amputation
• Severe hypothermia
• Decompression sickness
• Instability of absence of ABC’s
• Neurological deficits
• Ongoing seizures
• Burns with signs of inhalation
• Abdominal distension and tenderness
• Femur fracture
• Childbirth complications
• Electrocution

Question 4

What is the only surface CPR can be effectively performed on?

Answer 4

Hard surfaces: concrete, gym floors, tile, turf

CPR does not work on grass, around or in water or any surface that is not stable and moves with the compressions.