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