Chapter 12 Flashcards
What are the rules for managing and moving an unconscious patient?
Leave them as they are as much as possible and check if CPR is necessary
What are the life-threatening conditions that should be evaluated in the primary survey?
Neck and spine injuries and breathing issues
What are the ABC’s of life support?
Airway, breathing, and circulation
What are the best basic steps in assessing a musculoskeletal injury?
How serious is it?
What can be done right now?
Do they need to see a doctor?
How we gonna move them?
What technique should be used to stop external hemorrhage?
Direct pressure, elevation, pressure points
What are the types of shock that can occur from sports injury or illness?
Hypovolemic shock, respiratory shock, neurogenic shock
What first aid procedures are used to decrease hemorrhage from a musculoskeletal injury?
RICE
What first aid procedures are used to decrease inflammation from a musculoskeletal injury?
RICE
What first aid procedures are used to decrease muscle spasm from a musculoskeletal injury?
RICE
What first aid procedures are used to decrease pain from a musculoskeletal injury?
RICE
What are the basic concepts of emergency splinting?
Splint it the way you found it
How should a patient with suspected spinal injury be transported?
on a spine board
What techniques can be used to transport a patient with a suspected musculoskeletal injury?
Spine board
What are the methods for extracting an injured swimmer from the pool?
With a rescue tube
