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Enviromental Emergenices + CBRNE Flashcards

1
Q

What is the homeostasis in temp in the body

A

36.9

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2
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What makes freezing worse

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Freezing and thawing then refreezing

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3
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Ice crystals form damaging

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Blood vessels

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4
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Forstbite

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Extremity will look white and waxy
When rewarded will turn purple or burgundy and swelling will start
Can turn black over time

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5
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Nelcrosis

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Turns black

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6
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Treat forstbite

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Treat hypo first
Don reheat in feild
Bulky splinting
Hospital will warm with 40.c water and liberal opioids

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7
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What is hypothermia

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Core temp less than 35.c

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8
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3 causes of hypo

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Cold water
Cold weather
Urban hypo ( pt indoootb, but thermal auto regulation is decreased )

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9
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Who at higher risk

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Burns
Alcohol
Cns deoressants
Shock
Diabetes

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10
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HT 1 treatment

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Remove wet clothes
Provide warm environment
Warm sweet drinks
Blanket
Encourage active movement

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11
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H2-h3 treatment

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Handle gently
Keep horizontal
Active rewarding in trunk only
Mandoratory Olmc
Considering transport to encourage / CPB facilities

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12
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H4 treatment

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Remove from cold environment
Rewarm core
Trans to Ecmo/ CPB
Maintain horizontal
CPR and defibrillation ( max 3 shocks until warm ) ( if Rosc occurs maintain hypo in head only

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13
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HT 5 treatment

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Don’t attempt resuscitation

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14
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Warm the pt up ?

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Slowly do the heart can keep up

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15
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Get your pt _ has it the best way to keep them warm

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Shivering

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16
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Conduction

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Losing body heat to near by objects by touching them

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17
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Covection

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Loading heat to air

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18
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Radiation

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Lost of body heat to object by not touching it

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19
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Evaporation

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Loss by perspiration

20
Q

Travis of death

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Hypothermia low body temp
Acidosis Latin acid in blood
Coagulapathy blood cloying promblem

21
Q

Heat cramps

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Caused by excessive loss of Salt or water
Pain in abdomen or lower extremities due to hydration over acceleration in a hot environment
Muscle twitching
Diaphoresis
Nv
Spams

22
Q

Treatment for heat cramps

A

Remove to cold environment
Iv
Oxygen
Give electrolytes only to non-throwing up patient

23
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Heat exhaustion

A

More severe cramps with more fluid loss
A form of absolute hypovolaemic shock
Weak, pale skin
Nausea, vomitiw
Hypotension

24
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Treatment for heat exhaustion

A

Remove to cold envro
Iv
Nothing Orly

25
Q

Heat stroke

A

Complete failure of bodies temp to regulation can be chronic or acute

26
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Classic heat stroke

A

Dry skin
Likely to happen in very old and very impatient
May take hours or days
Hi mortality rate

27
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External heat stroke

A

Sweaty skin
Acute rise in temperature due to them bodies cooling becomes in effective very common in young fit people/athletes and firefighters

28
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Signs and symptoms of heat stroke

A

Kussmaul
Lack of sweating

29
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Treatment for heat stroke

A

Remove all clothing
Cool environment
Ice packs to groin and axillary armpits, but no ice on dark skin
Do all of this while assessing the primary and managing ABC’s

30
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What drug causes see you the ability not to sweat

A

Anti-histamines

31
Q

Heat cramps are

A

Electrolyte imbalances

32
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Heat exhaustion is

A

Absolute hypovoemia

33
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Heat stroke is

A

Hyperthermia failure of comp mechanisms

34
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Kids are at higher risk for

A

Febrile seizures because they have problems regulating the temperature

35
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All drownings in Alberta are considered

A

Cold or freshwater, drowning

36
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Drowning

A

It’s due to a vaccination and does not have to be water

37
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Near drowning

A

The process of August drowning, but being interrupt reversed prior to death

38
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What percent of John involve alcohol

A

75%

39
Q

Dry drowning

A

10 to 20% of the time
Laryngeal spasm stop water
Best chance of rehabilitation

40
Q

Wet drowning

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80-90% of the time
panic and lungs, but with water

41
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Secondary drowning

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Respiratory pulmonary oedema liquid in the lungs occurs minutes to days after the event

42
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CBRNE

A

Stands for chemical biological radioactive nuclear an explosive

43
Q

Triage rule

A

Treat black as read

44
Q

Class A to class B

A

Clase is the least protection with just a filter mask to level d is full scoop up with a fully enclosed suit

45
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Biological

A

A bacterium virus or partisan, parasite or fungus example anthrax
Signs and symptoms are nausea bottle thing, respiratory distress, blistering, skin, irritation, bronco spasms, and Sluggo

46
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Radioloical

A

Acute, long-term, alpha, beta gamma
Remove from warm zone, property decontaminate
Signs and symptoms of dizziness, headache diarrhea, Burns, and death

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