Emergencies Flashcards
AED
Automated external defibrillator
Can revive a person in cardiac arrest, providing is applied within 4 minutes
Triage
Dividing casualties into 3 groups
Immediate, delayed, nontransport
Good Samaritan act
A first aider who provides assistance in emergency is protected from protection for the death
Duty of care
CMA must act as a “reasonable person “ and meet the standard of care to avoid negligence charges
Diabetic coma
Results from prolonged high blood sugar(hyperglycemia)
Diabetic shock
Sudden low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
Simple fracture
Skin intact
No bone contact with air
Compound
Bone protrudes through skin
Comminuted fracture
Splinted
Compacted
Bone ends are jammed together
Spiral fractured
Twisted
Compression fracture
Patient loses height because spine fuses
Oblique fracture
Diagonal fracture
Transverse fracture
Right angled to the axis
Linear fracture
Parallel to axis
Incomplete fracture
Bone still joined at some points
Complete fracture
Bone fragments completely separated
Greenstick fracture
Twisted immature bone
Epilepsy
Electric storm in brain caused by uncontrolled, synchronized firing of neurons
Absence
Generalized seizure with no specific focus in brain
Tonic clonic seizures
Convulsions involving the entire brain
Complete stroke
Neurological symptoms last more than 24 hours
Fainting
Temporary loss of consciousness caused by disruption of blood flow to the brain
Contusion
Raised bruise
Laceration
Long break in the surface of the skin
Abrasion
Scrape or scratch of the outer layer of skin
Avulsion
Flap of tissue torn away from main body of tissue
Puncture
Small, deep perforation of the skin
