Emergencies Flashcards
How do we triage patients in ER
ESI
1 unstable- Life or Limb
2 Threatened- chest pain, mild stroke, hemo unstable
3 stable need two or more resources
4 Stable one resource
5 stable no resource
Disaster triage
Black-expectant- palliative and pain control
Red-Immediate-can be helped but Immediate ABC Patients may have mins
Yellow-Delayed serious but can be delayed may have hours
Green Minor-Walking wounded
can have days fgh
What is bioterrorism?
Release of infectious agent to cause harm to lg group of people.
What are the bio agents of most concern?
What two can be airborn?
Anthrax, small pox, botulism, plague, tularemia, hemorrhagic fever (ebola)
Plague and tularemia
What are chemical agents we are concerned about?
Sarin gas, phosgene gas and mustard gas
Radiologic agents 5
cant see, taste, smell
initiate decontamination
initial injury from explosion but radiation sickness can develop later
Dirty Bombs-Ridoactive
What is mass casualty Incident
any even that can overwhelm the health system can be man-made or natural that overwhelms a community
Antidotes for
ethylene glycol
methanol
organic phosphates
Anti-freeze/break fluid/coolant- ethanol antizol
lighter fluid -ethanol antizol
Pesticides- atropine/ protopam
how long should MCI triage take?
> 15seconds
What bio threats are treated with antibiotics? 3
anthrax, plague, and tularemia
what can a shock wave damage
lungs, GI, and middle ear
what can a shock wave damage
lungs, GI, and middle ear
