Final Flashcards
Patient is unconscious, no suspected trauma. How do you open their airway if it’s an adult?
Head tilt and chin lift
Patient is unconscious, no suspected trauma. How do you open their airway if it’s a child?
Head tilt and chin lift
Patient is unconscious, no suspected trauma. How do you open their airway if it’s an infant?
Keep head neutral
Patient is unconscious, no suspected trauma. How do you open their airway if you suspect trauma?
Don’t told head. Do modified jaw thrust.
What is the fuel that all cells need?
Glucose
A person loses consciousness, but remains upon lying supine. What type of shock?
Psychogenic shock (temporary diminished oxygen to the brain)
Which statement about anaphylactic shock is correct?
It has a very rapid onset.
Signs and symptoms of anaphylactic shock?
Facial swelling (allergic reaction)
In order to compensate for blood loss, what does the heart do?
Increases its rate.
Shock due to hemorrhage occurs…
When the blood escapes from the normally closed circulatory system.
The MCC of shock is?
Hemorrhage
Least serious form of shock?
Psychogenic shock.
When shock gets more severe, what happens to respiration?
Depression of respiration
What is the earliest and most common symptom of shock?
Nausea
What is the most reliable symptom of shock?
Blood pressure
Face is pale?
Raise the tail (legs)
Face is red?
Raise the head
Face is fine
Leave them supine
How does oxygen benefit the shock patient?
Saturates the reduced number of blood cells.
100% Oxygen tank color?
Green
When is an IV contraindicated?
High blood pressure, head trauma, or stroke
When a person has an allergic reaction to a bee sting, what is the most commonly used drug in this situation?
Epinephrine (causes the bronchial tree to dilate)
Why is it so important to get someone who is internally hemorrhaging or in shock to the hospital?
There isn’t much you can do for them in the field.
T or F: Inadequate amount of insulin = Insulin shock
FALSE (caused by too much insulin)
Which diabetic is Insulin dependent?
Type I diabetes
Which type of diabetic is controlled with medication?
Type II
Best way to treat external hemorrhage?
Targeted direct pressure
Breech birth
Butt first
Most commonly used splint
Air splint
Cells get energy from where if there is no glucose?
Fat –> Creates Ketones
Burn with red skin
1st Degree
Burn with red skin and blisters
2nd degree
Skin is charred down to subcutaneous tissue
3rd degree
T or F: In emergency birth, you give the child oxygen to induce hypoxia.
FALSE; you give it to reverse hypoxia
While performing CPR, you hear a pop and think you fractured a rib. What do you do next?
Stop, reassess hand position and continue
Thing that goes on top of a wound?
Dressing
Most common dressing?
4x4
Thing that holds the dressing in place?
Bandage
What kind of shock is caused by subluxation or insult to supportive anatomy of the spine?
Neurogenic
During childbirth, you see an arm or leg. What do you do?
Load and go (treat with oxygen, treat for shock, get them to the hospital ASAP)
AED is used for…
V-fib
T or F: You cannot tell a difference between cardiac arrest and v-fib?
True
When should oxygen be given?
Cardiac episode, respiratory distress, or trauma
During childbirth, the mother starts to hemorrhage. What do you do?
Massage the uterus, treat for shock, give oxygen
What is the average labor for first child?
12-15 hours
What is the average labor for having a second child?
6 hours
What is the average labor for having a third child?
3 hours
What is the special organ of pregnancy?
Placenta
Cut with blood spurting?
Arterial
Cut with blood flowing?
Venous
Cut with blood oozing?
Capillaries
Pt. was in a bar fight. He has cuts on his eye with hemorrhage. What do you do?
Treat for shock. Apply occlusive dressing…
What is an occlusive dressing?
A cup with a hole in the middle. Placed over the eye to keep it from moving (stops sympathetic motion of the eye)
What do you to for a chemical splash to the eye?
Continuously irrigate the eye fro 10-15 minutes while waiting for help to arrive
BSA evaluation
- Approximate %s
- Remember: Rule of 9 for Adults
Head = 9% Each arm = 9% Each leg = 18% Chest = 9% Abdominal area = 9% Back torso = 18%
BSA for child or infant
- Approximate %s
Head = 18% Front torso = 18% Back torso = 18% Each arm = 9% Each leg = 14%
You come upon a burn victim w/ clothes that are still smoking. What do you do?
Immediately undress them to prevent inhalation of toxic fumes.
Consciousness scale:
I = Drowsy, confused II = Unconscious, but responds to mild stimulus III = Unconscious, but responds to severe/painful stimulus IV = Unconscious and unresponsive
Describe a primary survey
Make sure scene is safe for you, search out all life-threatening conditions, and treat them.
A = Airway, B = breathing, C = circulation, and then loss of consciousness
Describe a secondary survey
Looking for all other injuries, non-life-threatening. Head-to-toe examination.
