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Emergency Procedures:Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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Emergency

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Unexpected occurrence that requires immediate attention

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What can a mistake in initial injury management lead to?

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  • longer recovery time

- life threatening situations

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How many emergency action plans should there be?

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Separate for every site and sport

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What 3 things should an emergency action plan include?

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  • define personnel available and their role
  • list equipment available
  • consider practice vs game
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How and where should the plan be posted?

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Clearly posted and sometimes above a phone

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Components of EAP (5)

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  • phone (location and number)
  • keys for access
  • all support personnel must be familiar
  • someone to accompany athlete in ambulance
  • folder/ electronic version of athlete emergency contacts, history, insurance, ect
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What should the taker of the phone call be told? (7)

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  • exact location and address
  • telephone number
  • caller’s name
  • what happened: mech of injury and events prior to injury
  • number of people involved
  • condition of victim
  • care being given
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8
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When should consent be given?

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Prior to the season

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When should parents be notified?

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ASAP

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10
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Implied consent

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With no informed consent, consent implied on part of patient to save life

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Where does the assessment begin?

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On the playing field with the goal of determining the nature of the injury and the direction of care

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Components of assessment

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  • primary survey

- secondary survey

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components of primary survey

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  • LOC (level of consciousness)

- CAB

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What should be done in the primary survey?

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  • assess level of consciousness

- determine potential life threatening injures/ conditions

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Potential life threatening conditions (5)

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  • no circulation
  • obstructed airway
  • no breathing
  • profuse bleeding
  • shock
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Secondary assessment

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  • no life threatening conditions
  • specific info about injury
  • head to toe assessment
  • assess vital signs
  • ID potential life threatening conditions
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Vital signs

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  • temp
  • pulse
  • BP
  • breathing
  • Pulse ox
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Overall goal of primary assessment

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  • circulation
  • airway
  • breathing
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19
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Goal of primary assessment:circulation

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  • pulse

- excessive bleeding

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20
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Goal of primary assessment: airway

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What things might obstruct

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Goal of primary assessment: breathing

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  • frequency
  • quality
  • adequate
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4 life threatening conditions of which you should call 911

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  • unconscious
  • trouble breathing
  • no signs of life (normal breathing or movement)
  • severe bleeding
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What to do with an unconscious athlete? (4)

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  • note body position
  • determine LOC and CAB
  • stabilize spine
  • activate EMS
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24
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What should you do with equipment of an unconscious athlete?

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  • leave helmets and pads

- remove face mask

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25
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What should you do if athlete is supine and breathing?

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Monitor

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26
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Supine and not breathing

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CAB

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27
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Prone and breathing

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Monitor, log roll after

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Prone and not breathing

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Log roll; CAB

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29
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How many people are needed for log roll?

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4 at least

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30
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Checking of a conscious victim

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  • obtain consent
  • scene safety, LOC and CAB checked upon approach
  • secondary survey begins
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31
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When to not transport victim (3)

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  • trip may aggravate injury or illness or cause additional injury
  • when the victim may develop life threatening condition
  • unsure of the nature of the injury
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Equipment removal

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  • remove face mask
  • cut away jersey, opening to chest protector to expose chest for CPR and AED
  • remove both pads/helmet or neither
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33
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How to use an AED

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  • evaluate heart rhythm of victim experiencing cardiac arrest
  • Can deliver electrical charge to heart if appropriate
  • fully automated
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34
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How to asses LOC

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  • “are you ok”, calling name, tapping shoulder

- painful stimulus

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35
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4 levels of consciousness

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  • alert
  • responsive to verbal stimulus
  • responsive to painful stimulus
  • Unresponsive
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36
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How to assess circulation

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  • check for severe bleeding
  • check pulse @ carotid artery for 5-10 secs
  • AED and CPR if needed
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Airway assessment

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-is airway open and clear?

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38
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How to open airway

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  • head tilt/ chin lift
  • modified jaw thrust
  • airway adjuncts (maintain airway)
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39
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What to consider when opening airway

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  • c-spine
  • personnel
  • equipment
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40
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How to do CPR

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  • 100 compressions a min for untrained

- 30:2 ratio for those trained

41
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How to check for breathing

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  • look for chest rise
  • listen for breath sounds
  • feel for air movement
  • Rate and quality
42
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When to administer rescue breathing

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If breathing is absent or inadequate

43
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Rescue breathing

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  • bag valve mask

- supplemental oxygen

44
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Hemorrhage

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Abnormal discharge of blood

45
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Types of external bleeding

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  • venous
  • arterial
  • capillary
46
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Venous

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Dark red with continuous flow

47
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Arterial

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Bright red and flow in spurt

48
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Capillary

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Exudes from tissue and is reddish

49
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How to control external bleeding

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  • **protective equipment
  • direct pressure (clean gauze and firm pressure)
  • elevation of body part
  • pressure points/ tourniquet
50
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When does shock occur?

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When less blood is available to the circulatory system because the vascular system is unable to hold the volume of blood (vasodilation)

51
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When is there a high probability of shock?

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  • fractures
  • Internal injuries
  • severe bleeding
52
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Is shock rapid or slower?

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-either

53
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What is shock a problem of?

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  • blood volume

- hemodynamics

54
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Hypovolemic shock

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Trauma and blood loss

55
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Respiratory shock

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Lung injury /

56
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Neurogenic shock

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Dilation of blood vessels

57
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Psychogenic shock

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Syncope

58
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Cardiogenic shock

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Heart can’t pump

59
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Septic shock

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Infection

60
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Anaphylactic shock

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Allergy

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Metabolic shock

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Severe illness

62
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Skin symptom of shock

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Pale cool and clammy

63
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Pulse symptom of shock

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Weak and rapid

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Respiration symptom of shock

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Quick and shallow

65
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Blood pressure symptom of shock

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Lower (systolic <90)

66
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Conscious level symptom of shock

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Drowsy and sluggish

67
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Incontinence symptom of shock

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Urinary and fecal

68
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Other shock symptoms

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Change in disposition and extreme thirst

69
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How to manage shock

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  • maintain body temp
  • elevate feet and legs
  • psychological reaction
  • no food or drink
70
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When is secondary survey performed?

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After primary survey and no life threatening conditions (stable)

71
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Secondary survey

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  • musculoskeletal assessment
  • decide to move or transport
  • referral or secondary care
72
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Musculoskeletal assessment adult v child

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  • adult: head to toe

- child: toe to head

73
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Pulse

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Radial or carotid in neck

  • normal: 60-100 a min
  • quality: rhythm and strength
74
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Respiration

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  • at rest
  • normal rate: 12-20/ min
  • quality: difficulty/ sound
75
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Blood pressure

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  • systolic
  • diastolic
  • normal: <120/<80 mmHg
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Body temp

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  • oral rectal, auxiliary, ear, skin

- normal: 97.8-99 degree

77
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Where to check skin color

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Nail beds, lips, mouth, tongue

78
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Where is a good place to look for skin color for dark skin people?

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Inside mouth, lips, tongue, skin around nose and mouth

79
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Red in color

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Heat stroke, allergic, > BP

80
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Ashen or pale

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Shock, < BP, hemorrhage

81
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Blue

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Airway abstruction

82
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Yellow

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Liver disease

83
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Pupils and vitals

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  • use a pin light

- PEARL: pupils equal and reactive to light

84
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What do constricted pupils indicate

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Use of depressant drug

85
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What do dilated pupils indicate?

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  • head injury
  • shock
  • use of stimulant
86
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What does pupils failure to accommodate indicate?

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Brain injury, alcohol or drug poisoning

87
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What is more important: response or size?

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Response

88
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What does the inability to move indicate?

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Serious CNS deficits impacting motor control

89
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Hemiplegia

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Inability to move one side

90
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What does hemiplegia indicate?

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Brain trauma or stroke

91
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Bilateral upper extremity sensory motor deficits indication

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Cervical spine injury

92
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What could pressure on the spine or injury below the neck result in?

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Compromised function of lower limbs

93
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Musculoskeletal assessment

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  • history
  • observation
  • palpating
  • special tests
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History in MA

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Sounds, sensations, events leading up to injury, mechanism of injury

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Observation MA

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  • inspection of injured and non-injured areas

- look for gross deformity, swelling, skin discoloration

96
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Types of splints (5)

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  • rapid form vacuum splint
  • air
  • traction
  • SAM
  • spine and pelvis
97
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What should be checked before and after splinting?

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Circulation, sensation, motor function

98
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Crutch instructions (up stairs)

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  • BW on crutches
  • un injured leg up first
  • pull crutches/ affected leg up
99
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Crutches instructions down stairs

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  • BW on good leg
  • injured leg and crutches down first
  • good leg follows

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