Chapter 26: Bleeding Flashcards

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General Route of Controlling Bleeding

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Direct pressure and pressure dressing (wrap)

If no work, then tourniquet proximal to the wound.

If the wound in a place where tourniquet no useful = junctional tourniquet or hemostatic dressings.

After everything, stabalize extremity with splint.

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Ecchymosis

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A buildup of blood beneath the skin that produces a characteristic blue or black discoloration as the result of an injury.

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Open-book pelvic fracture

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Pelvis is displaced laterally and posteriorly.
Apply pelvic binder (splint).

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Signs of serious internal bleeding

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Hematemesi: blood vomit
Melena: black shit
Hemoptysis: blood cough
Distended abdomen
Brocken Ribs

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Signs of Hypovolemic shock

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Number 1: Change in mental status (anxiety, restlessness, combat)
Number 2: Skin color change
Late Stage: tachycardia, weakness, thirst, nausea + emesis, dull eyes, tachypnea, 2 second or longer capillary refill, weak pulse, decreasing blood pressure, altered level of consciousness

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