First Aid Flashcards
First get help, then….
- assess/airway: evaluate consciousness and condition
- breathing: 2 puffs/reposition/2 puffs/ (jaw thrust)
- circulation: check pulse, CPR (up to 20 minutes)
Carbon dioxide
- not enough O2
— cyanosis
Carbon monoxide
- hemoglobin bings to carbon molecule
- more common poisoning
- cherry red lips or skin
- cyanosis
Emetics are _____ given for gasoline poisoning.
NEVER
Most common emetic
Ipecac
Mildest emetic
Salt water
Safest substance to treat alkaline or acid poisoning is
H2O
Universal antidote is
Activated charcoal (aDsorbent)
Activated charcoal is not used for:
- alcohol (ethanol, methanol)
- iodine, boric acid, and alkalies
- lithium (metallic compounds)
- sulphur, DDT
Universal choking sign
Hands on throat
If someone is making a sound while choking, what should you do?
Nothing…. sound means they are conscious
If someone is choking without making a sound, what should you do?
Heimlich (aka conscious abdominal thrust)
What should you do if there is an unconscious infant?
Back blows, finger sweep
What should you do if there is an unconscious adult
Abdominal thrusts, just above umbilicus
CA(community associated) MRSA
Vs.
MRSA
CA MRSA Vs. MRSA
- kids. - hospital
- athletes. - nursing home
- skin. -debilitated
- lungs. - joints
How to handle a fracture?
- do not approximate
- immobilize in position found
How to handle a head injury?
- determine if conscious
- use sharp stimulus on foot
Heat injuries
- cramps
- exhaustion
- stroke
Difference between exhaustion and stroke
Heat exhaustion: elevated temperature, cool and wet skin
Stroke: elevated temperature, hot and dry skin
Burns
1 degree = red
2 degree = blister
3 degree = desquamation
Anaphylactic shock
- swollen tongue
- caused by second exposure
Hypovolemic shock
- caused by blood loss
Early shock
Restless or irritable
- cool clammy skin
- rapid pulse
Late shock
- thready pulse
- shallow rapid breathing
- blue skin
- dilated pupils
Death warning stage of shock
- decreased blood pressure
