Major Emergencies Flashcards
What is AMPDS?
Automatic
Medical
Priority
Dispatch
System
What does a blank orange plate represent?
Mixed chemical/ mixed load
What does the symbol of a crossed out number 2 mean?
SINGLE USE BITCH
What colour of is a kemlar code plate?
Orange with black outline
How is the electrical pulse carried though a heart
- starts at SA Node (sino atrial node)
- three inter-nodal pathways
- av node (atrioventricular)
- bundle of hist
- purkinj
SA node paces the heart at?
60-100
AV node paces the heart at what?
40-60
What is the pace of the ventricles?
20-30
P wave represents what?
Depolarisation of the ATRIA
What should the time wave of the P wave be?
0.12-0.2
What does QRS represent?
Depolarisation of the ventricles
What should the QRS be less than?
0.12
What does the T wave represent?
Re-polarisation of the ventricles
What is the speed of the paper coming out of the ECG machine
25mm/s
How is bradycardia defined?
Beata less than 60
How is tachycardia defined?
Beats greater than 100
What is the METHANE MESSAGE!
Major emergency declaration/standby
Exact location of the emergency
Type of incident
Hazards present and potential
Access routes
Number of casualties (injured and dead)
Emergency services present and required
What is simple access to an emergency?
- infrastructure remains intact
- access to incident available
What is compound access to an emergency?
- infrastructure is destroyed
- access to incident unavailable
What are compensated resources?
You have enough resources to deal with incident
What are uncompensated resources?
Not enough resources available for incident
What is an open situation?
Easy access to patients
What is a closed situation?
Physical and geographical boundaries that prevent speedy access
How long should you spend with a patient at a triage event?
60 seconds
What is the TRIAGE REVISED TRAUMA SCORE (TRTS)
- resp rate
- systolic BP
