HL - Chapter 2 - First Aid - Unit 3 Lesson 4 Flashcards
Jaw Thrust Maneuver
when you suspect an unresponsive patient has a neck or spinal injury and you need to establish an open airway
Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
when sudden trauma causes damage to the brain
Closed chest injury
blunt force trauma to the chest area. It can damage internal
organs and can cause internal bleeding
Flail chest injury
when two or more adjacent ribs are fractured in two or more places due to blunt force trauma. This causes the broken rib pieces to move in the opposite direction from the rest of the chest as the patient breathes
Open chest injury
when there is a penetration through the chest wall
Sucking chest injury
a type of open chest injury involving a larger hole in the chest wall. As
the patient breathes, the air moving through the open hole in the chest causes a sucking sound. Their chest may not rise normally during inhalation.
Chest seal
airtight dressing applied to a penetrating trauma to the chest cavity
Open fracture/Compound fracture
the skin at the injury site is open, and the bone may protrude through the skin
Closed fracture/Simple fracture
the skin at the injury site remains intact
Dislocation
the end of a bone comes out of its socket at the joint
Superficial burns
damage to the first, or outermost, layer of skin..ie sunburn
Partial- thickness burns
damage to the first two skin layers, which causes swelling and blisters
Full-thickness burns
damage all skin layers and often affect the muscles and nerves underneath
Burn Types
- thermal: heat from any source
- inhalation: smoke or chemicals through the respiratory system
- chemical: exposure to liquid or dry power on the skin
- electrical: exposure to electrical current, lightning
