Inside Tender Flashcards
What are the responsibilities of the Inside Tender pertaining to chamber operations?
- Dog Door
- Ensure patient is laying down for adequate blood flow
- Communicate with topside
- Don hearing protection
- Administration of treatment gas
- Gather Vitals
- Monitor for signs of CNS O2 Toxicity
- Provide First Aid
What is CNS O2 Toxicity?
It is a result from having exposure to higher Partial Pressure of Oxygen while at depth.
Poisoning can occur whenever the Partial Pressure rises above 1.3ata for a diver in the water. Or 2.4ata for a diver in a dry area.
What are the Signs and Symptoms of CNS O2 Toxicity?
Visual symptoms Ear symptoms Nausea Twitching or tingling Irritation Dizziness Convulsions
What are the 3 stages of a convulsion?
Tonic
Clonic
Postictal
The stage of a convulsion when all of the muscles are stimulated at once and lock the body into a state of rigidity.
What is the Tonic stage of a convulsion?
When the brain fatigues and the number of impulses slows. The random number of impulses to various muscles may cause violent thrashing or jerking.
What is the Clonic stage of a convulsion?
The depression phase of a convulsion. The patient is usually unconscious and quiet for a while. For CNS O2 convulsions the diver will usually have a clear memory of everything up to the the onset of the convulsion but nothing of the convulsion itself.
What is the Postictal phase of a convulsion?
What are the 8 responsibilities of the Inside Tender upon entering the chamber?
- Dog the Door
- Have patient lay down for optimal circulation
- Communicate with Topside
- Ensure hearing protection is being used
- Administer treatment gas
- Collect Vital Signs
- Monitor for signs of CNS O2 Toxicity
- Provide first aid
What are the 6 parts of a Neurological Exam?
- Mental Status
- Coordination
- Motor skill
- Cranial Nerves
- Sensory
- Deep Tendon Reflexes
What are you looking for during the Mental Status part of a Neurological exam?
Mental Status is best determined when you first see the patient and is characterized by their alertness, orientation, and thought process.
What are you looking for during the Coordination part of a Neurological exam?
To verify the patient has normal coordination capabilities. Normal walking, balance, and rapid hand movements.
What are you looking for during the Cranial Nerves section of the Neurological Exam?
- Olfactory-sense of smell
- Optic- vision
- Oculomotor- light in the eye
- Trochlear- Follow the tip of my pen
- Abducens- Follow the tip of my pen
- Trigeminal- facial sensation
- Facial- facial muscles
- Acoustic- hearing
- Glossopharyngeal- gag reflex
- Vagus- say ahhhh
- Spinal Accessory- turn head shoulder shrug
- Hypoglossal- tongue twisters
What are the timelines for a Treatment Table 5?
Complete relief within the first :10 minutes upon reaching 60’ and starting first O2 period.
Treatment time is 2 hours and 15 minutes not including the decent time.
What can be treated utilizing a TT5?
- Type 1 DCS not including Marbling
- Asymptomatic Omitted D
- Treatment of resolved symptoms following in-water recompression
- Follow-up treatments for residual symptoms
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Gas Gangrene
What are normal Vitals? Blood Pressure Heart Rate Respirations O2 Body Temperature
BP: 120/80 HR: 60-80 Respirations: 12-16 O2: 96-100% Temp: 98.6°
What are the Signs and Symptoms of AGE?
Unconsciousness Weakness Paralysis Numbness Ears ringing or roaring Blurred or Distorted vision Dizziness Fatigue Pins and Needles
What are the signs and symptoms of DCS Type 1?
Pain
Marbling
Swelling
What are the Signs and Symptoms of DCS type 2?
Unconsciousness Weakness Paralysis Numbness Ears ringing Blurred vision Dizziness Fatigue Pins and needles
What are the signs and symptoms of Mediastinal Emphysema?
- Substernal chest pain
- Tightness or dull ache in chest
- Pain radiating to shoulder or upper back
- Pain swallowing
- Coughing
What are the signs and symptoms of Subcutaneous Emphysema?
- Fullness in throat
- Change in Voice
- Difficulty Swallowing
- Rice Krispies (crepitus)
How do you treat subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema?
Mild symptoms: breathing 100% O2 on surface
Severe Symptoms: Shallow recompression under the direction of UMO
What are the signs and symptoms of a Pneumothorax and tension pneumothorax?
Sudden sharp chest pain Shortness of breath Labored breathing Weak pulse Increase heart rate Anxiety
What is the CPR compressions to rescue breath rate?
30 compressions
2 Rescue Breaths
When can you discontinue CPR?
- When you have been relieved.
- Signs of Life
- Shocking with AED
- Pronounced Dead by Dr.