HEET Flashcards
Existaxis
Pt lean forward
Pinch nose
Hold for 15 min
First and second most common facial fractures
1, nose
2, mandibular
Orbital Fractures
Double vision (diplopia)
Decreased sensation above eyebrow and over cheek Causes paralysis and upwards gaze
Zygomatic check one fractures
Pt d
Side face appears flat
Ecchymosis
Bruises
Hyphema
Blood in eye
Orbit injuries treatment
Cover both eyes
Yeah, don’t remove penetrating objects
Rinse for at least 15 to 20 minutes don’t put pressure on it
How to treat eye burns
Rinse for 20 minutes
Protect from bright light
Avoid contamination of other I
Cool compress
Exposed globe treatment
No pressure
Apply, moist, sterile dressing
Cover with protective shield
Elevate head on backboard 30 to 40°
How irrigate eye
Flush from no side to outer I removal of contacts
Ear injuries
Don’t pack
Look for Csf
Mouth injuries
Lean forward to drain blood
Look for teeth
Keep teeth as they can be put back in in one hour
Keep teeth with wet, sterile saline
Handle teeth by crown
Gcs
Why are skull fractures bad
Highly vascular
Skull fractures
Linear ( break in bone b no move the bone)
Depressed (sicken in)
Basilar ( behind ear )
Open ( it open)
Signs of basilar skull fracture
Csf
Battle signs
Raccoon eyes
Icp levels
5-15mmgh normal
Over 15mmgh is dangerous
Over 25 mmgh leads to herniation
CCP
Cerebral perfusion, pressure pressure required to the fuse the brain it must be greater than the ICP to perfusion to occur
CCP equals mass minus ICP
Where is CCP must be greater than 60 to perfuse the brain
Minimum systolic bp and map need in cpp pts
Minimum systolic blood pressure 110
Minimum map of 85
Decrease is map plus increased Icp =
Cpp
Cushing response
Decrease heart rate
Increase BP
Decrease RR
Why does the heart rate drop as the blood pressure and map increases?
A reduction to the heart rate is due to the stimulation of barrel, receptors in the vagal nerve
Icp signs
Cushing triad
Pupil changes
Posturing
GCS less than nine or drop by 2 or come 3
Decoriate and decerebrate
Primary brain injury
Injury to the brain, and it’s associated structures that results instantaneously from the impact