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Major Emergencies Flashcards

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1
Q

What is AMPDS?

A

Automatic
Medical
Priority
Dispatch
System

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2
Q

What does a blank orange plate represent?

A

Mixed chemical/ mixed load

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3
Q

What does the symbol of a crossed out number 2 mean?

A

SINGLE USE BITCH

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4
Q

What colour of is a kemlar code plate?

A

Orange with black outline

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5
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How is the electrical pulse carried though a heart

A
  • starts at SA Node (sino atrial node)
  • three inter-nodal pathways
  • av node (atrioventricular)
  • bundle of hist
  • purkinj
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6
Q

SA node paces the heart at?

A

60-100

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7
Q

AV node paces the heart at what?

A

40-60

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8
Q

What is the pace of the ventricles?

A

20-30

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9
Q

P wave represents what?

A

Depolarisation of the ATRIA

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10
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What should the time wave of the P wave be?

A

0.12-0.2

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11
Q

What does QRS represent?

A

Depolarisation of the ventricles

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12
Q

What should the QRS be less than?

A

0.12

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13
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What does the T wave represent?

A

Re-polarisation of the ventricles

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14
Q

What is the speed of the paper coming out of the ECG machine

A

25mm/s

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15
Q

How is bradycardia defined?

A

Beata less than 60

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16
Q

How is tachycardia defined?

A

Beats greater than 100

17
Q

What is the METHANE MESSAGE!

A

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

18
Q

What is simple access to an emergency?

A
  • infrastructure remains intact
  • access to incident available
19
Q

What is compound access to an emergency?

A
  • infrastructure is destroyed
  • access to incident unavailable
20
Q

What are compensated resources?

A

You have enough resources to deal with incident

21
Q

What are uncompensated resources?

A

Not enough resources available for incident

22
Q

What is an open situation?

A

Easy access to patients

23
Q

What is a closed situation?

A

Physical and geographical boundaries that prevent speedy access

24
Q

How long should you spend with a patient at a triage event?

A

60 seconds

25
Q

What is the TRIAGE REVISED TRAUMA SCORE (TRTS)

A
  • resp rate
  • systolic BP

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