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CLS Flashcards

1
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Shock can be caused by what?

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Severe or minor trauma causing pain to the body.

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Shock is the result of?

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Blood loss, heart failure, sever and painful blows to the body, burns, severe wounds that become infected, severe allergic reaction to drugs or certain foods, certain insect bites, snakebites, or dehydration.

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Signs and Symptoms of Shock

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Sweaty but cool skin
Pale Skin
Restlessness, nervousness
Thirst
Loss of blood
Confusion or loss of awareness
faster then normal breathing rate
blotchy or bluish skin
nausea and vomiting
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Hemorrhagic Shock

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Average adult has 5 liters of blook and upon loss of 20%…

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The blood can bleed out in?

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60-120 seconds

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Causes of hemorrhagic shock

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external loss of whole blood, an internal hemorrhage or an extreme loss of whole blood, internal hemorrhage or an extreme loss of plasma due to severe burns

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Treatment and Prevention of Shock

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Move casualty to cover
Position the casualty on their back
Elevate casuatly’s feet higher then the level of the heart.
Loosen clothing at the neck, waist of wherever it may be binding.
Place a blanket or victim to prevent chilling
Calm the casualty.
During the treatment or prevention of shck, do not give cas food or drink.

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2 types of Soft Tissue Injuries

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Closed and Open Wounds

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Closed wounds

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Contusion - swelling and pain, caused by the blood leaking into the wound.
Lump may develop, this is called hematoma, or a blood tumor

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Open Wounds

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Abrasions
Lacerations
Incisions
Puncture Wounds

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Abrasion

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Loss of a portion of the epidermis from being scraped across a hard surface

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Laceration

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Cut produced by glass, metal, that leaves a jagged edge.

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Incision

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Similar to a laceration, except the wound is much cleaner with no jagged edges

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Puncture Wounds

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Result from a stab with a knife, nail, ice pick, splinter, or any pointed object

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Treatment of Open Wounds

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Control Bleeding by direct pressue, pressure points, or tourniquet
Prevent contamination through sterile dressing
Danger of infection should be the principal concern

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Special Wounds

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Avulsion
Crushing
Traumatic Amputation

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Avulsion

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Piece of the skin with varying portions of tissue or muscle is either torn loose or completely or left handing as a flap.

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Crushing Wounds

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Contusions that are more severe as the underlying skeletal support is also damaged.

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19
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Traumatic Amputation

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Caused by explosions, sharp objects, or by separation.

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20
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Open Chest Wound

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Hole in the chest wall

Coughing up bright red, frothy blood

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Open Chest Wound

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Other Symptons: pain at the site of injury
pain that is aggravated by or occurs with breathing, localized around the injury of the chest
Dyspnea
Failure of one or both sides of the chest to expand normally when inhaling
Rapid, weak pulse and low blood pressure
Cyanosis

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Treatment of Open Chest Wounds

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Place plastic wrapper over wound as the cas exhales
apply dressing to the wound
place white side of dressing directly over the plastic wrapper covering the open wound
place cas on injured side, position cas on his injured side or in a sitting position, whichever makes breathing easier
make the victim warm and evac

23
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Tension Pneumothorax

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Air Pressure within the chest cavity builds up to such a degree that the collapsed lung is pressed firmly against the uninjured lung and heart, interfering both with the ventilation of the good lung and with heart action.

24
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What is the second leading cause of death of the battlefield?

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Tension Pneumothorax

25
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3 types of bleeding

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Arterial, Venous, Capillary

26
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Arterial Bleeding

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Bright flow of red book, and pumps out in distinct spurts

27
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Venous Bleeding

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Characterized by a steady flow of dark red, or maroon colored blood

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Capillary Bleeding

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slow oozing blood, usually from a minor wound

29
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Controlling external bleeding

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May be controlled by both elevating the wound and by the applications of direct pressure.

30
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Serious Bleeding

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Direct pressure of the wound
Tourniquet
Hemostatic Agents

31
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Direct Pressure on the wound

A

Single most effective method for stopping serious bleeding.
Pressure Points - 22 on the body
Most effective are brachial, femoral, cartoid

32
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Tourniquet

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2500 deaths occurred in Vietnam

Permanent damage is rare if left in place for less than 1 hour

33
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4 major Pressure Points

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Temporal, Cartoid, Brachial, Femoral

34
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Hemostatic Agents

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Quick Clot, HemCon, Combat Gauze

35
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Quick Clot

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Speeds of coagulation of blood
Causing chemical reaction that rapldily abosrbs liquid from the blood by creating hydrogen bonds that quickly generate intense heat

36
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HemCon

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Uses a chemical reaction to induce blood clotting, but hemcon does not extract hydration through extraction.

37
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Combat Gauze

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Advanced hemostatic agent combined with the simplicity of gauze

38
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Tourniquet Applications Steps

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Place between the wound and hear approximately 2 inches from the wound
Place pad over main artery supplying blood to limb
Apply a constricting band over the pad, knot it and insert a device to tighten the tourniquet.
Tighten the tourniquet just enough to control the bleeding
Mark the casualty forehead with “T” and the time and date of tourniquet applied

39
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Internal Bleeding

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Casualty can lose 1 to 3 pints of blood internally.

40
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Internal Bleeding Symptons

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Rapid and weak pulse
Pale, most and cold skin
Shallow and rapid respiration
Thirst
Dilate Pupils
Coughing up or vomiting dark red blood 
Stiff abdominal muscles
41
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Treatment for Internal Bleeding

A

Treat for shock
Give nothing by mouth
Evacuate as soon as possible

42
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Peritoneum

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Lines the abdominal cavity

43
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Signs/Symptons of abdominal wounds

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Nauses and vomiting are good indications of abdominal injury
Pain although usually minimal in the abdomen
Tenderness exists in affected areas
Muscle Spasms or stiffening of abdominal muscles
Shock
Bruises and abrasions

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Treatment for abdominal wounds

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Position cas on their back with knees flexed up
Expose the wound
With a clean moist dressing, gently pick up any organs that may be on the ground
Place organs on top of the abdomen
Apply moist field dressing

45
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Burns

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1st, 2nd, 3d Degree Burns

46
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1st Degree

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Limited to the most superficial layer of the epidermis and result only in reddening of the skin

47
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2nd Degree

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partial thickness burns causes damage into but not through the dermas and characteristically result in blisters forming on the skin.

48
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3rd Degree

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Full thickness burns detroy the skin down to the subtaneous fat. They are life threatening.

49
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Determining seriousness of burns

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type of burn and location and amount os skin surface that is burnt.

50
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3 types of Burns

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Thermal
Electrical
Chemical

51
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2 types of fractures

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Open - skin is broken

Close - skin is not broken

52
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Spinal Injury

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Spinal cord 44 cm in length -average

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