CH21 Emergency med procedures Flashcards
Non-tactical 2
delayed
Non-tactical 1
immediate
Non-tac 3
minor
non tac 4
expectant
non tac 5
dead
Tactical categories
Immediate, delayed, minimal, expectant
START
Simple triage and rapid transport
Needle-D
14 guage
Sudden derm onset
toxic epidermal necrolysis
Insufficient oxygen to heart
Angina
Enlarging of left ventricle?
CHF
Treatment for anaphylaxis?
0.3 cc sub-q epi injection
Condition where pancreas secretes insufficient amount of protein hormone insulin?
Diabetes mellitus
Regulates carb metabolism by enabling glucose to enter cells?
Insulin
Bleeding from chest cavity/lungs
Hemothorax
Baby’s legs or buttocks emerge first?
Breech delivery
Have readily available whenever administering opiates?
Naloxone
Adult morphine dose
10-20mg
Morphine may be repeated in no less than how many hrs?
4
Torn rather than cut?
Laceration
Leave large gaping wound unsutured for how many days
4
“perfect suture”
Surgical gut
Catgut is from first how many yards of sheep?
8
Most common anesthetic?
Xylocaine
Max recommended Xylocaine used for 1% solution?
50ml
Spacing for interrupted sutures?
1/8” apart
Joint and muscle injuries may be classified under how many headings?
4
Reduce dislocation if MO cannot be reached within how many hrs?
8
Sprain what and strain what?
Ligaments, Muscle/tendon
Confine animal for how long?
8-10 days
Irrigate acid burs to eyes 5-10 minutes with what quantity of water?
2,000 ml
Irrigate alkali burns to eyes for how long?
20 minutes
Associated with extensive intravascular hemolysis?
Copper
Chilblain temps?
32-60 F
Weight of atmosphere exerts what psi on human body?
14.7
At how many ft of sea water does pressure double on a diver?
33
What law states, “For any gas at a constant temp, pressure, volume are inversely related”?
Boyles Law
Damage to tissues caused by change in ambient pressure?
Barotrauma
Bodies are what %water?
85%
Bubble formed in skin results in what condition?
Cutis Marmorata
Any neuro symptom within how many minutes of dive is considered arterial gas embolism?
10