Medical Emergencies Part One Flashcards

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What’s the acute management?

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Give oxygen and glucose, assess GCS, pupillary responsiveness, posture.

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How to treat life threatening injuries? (Remembering ABCDE approach plus glucose, oxygen and cervical spine is first thing to think about)

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Airway obstruction
Tension pneumothorax
Open pneumothorax
Massive haemothorax
Flail chest
Cardiac tamponade
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