EMS Flashcards

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Contraindications to leg traction splints

A

Pelvic fracture, fracture, hip dislocation, neurovascular injury to the extremity, injury about the knee, concomitant tibia/fibula fracture

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What is Boyle’s law given an example to how can affect a patient transported via air?

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The volume of a gas increases when the pressure decreases when temperature remains constant

Endotracheal tube cough pressures will increase at higher altitudes

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