EMS Flashcards
1
Q
Contraindications to leg traction splints
A
Pelvic fracture, fracture, hip dislocation, neurovascular injury to the extremity, injury about the knee, concomitant tibia/fibula fracture
2
Q
What is Boyle’s law given an example to how can affect a patient transported via air?
A
The volume of a gas increases when the pressure decreases when temperature remains constant
Endotracheal tube cough pressures will increase at higher altitudes