Midterm Flashcards
The administration of instant concentrated glucose is the treatment for diabetic crisis (T or F)?
True
An inadequate amount of insulin causes a condition called insulin shock (T or F)?
False
Most external hemorrhage can be controlled by targeted direct pressure (T or F)?
True
When the body doesn’t get enough glucose, it uses fat to make energy. → by product causes Ketosis (T or F)?
True
The most common dressing is?
4 x 4
Specialized shock caused by trauma to spine?
Neurogenic shock
Universal color when oxygen tank has 100% oxygen?
Green
What role does insulin play in bringing sugar to the cells?
Helps glucose cross cell membrane
Priority of injury
Triage
When you give oxygen to someone, it is beneficial to…
trauma, cardiac episodes, and respiratory distress (All of the above)
Seizures are…
highest priority
Childbirth is…
secondary priority
Unconsciousness
highest priority
Wound with hemorrhage
lowest priority
Trauma to brain
concussion
Check pulse for adult/child in this location…
carotid
Check pulse for infant in this location…
brachial
Difference between clinical and biological death
no pulse, respiration, or BP (clinically dead) | no BP, respiration, pulse, and brain has died (biological death → can happen in 10 minutes)
Hypoxia
low oxygen to cells
Anoxia
no oxygen to cells
Cardiac tamponade
when you take the BP and every time the systolic and diastolic get closer and closer together; patient has a blood filled pericardial space
Does the Good Samaritan act protect you against gross negligence?
no
How do you open an airway for adult/child?
tilt head back and chin lift
How do you open an airway for an infant?
keep head neutral
When you approach an accident, the first thing you should do is…
Primary survey → looking for all life threating conditions → Airway Breathing Circulation Shock (ABCS)
Secondary survey?
Non-life threating conditions → head to toe assessment
If someone is having a seizures, the main concern is…
to protect them from an injury to themselves; e.g. move furniture away
Most common cause of death related to trauma
head trauma
58 year old male with cardiac referred pain with difficulty breathing. Likely cause?
Heart attack → call EMS, keep patient relaxed, give oxygen
Most common airway obstruction in adult?
tongue
Most common airway obstruction in an infant/child?
foreign object
Patient has headaches, shortness of breath, dizzy, ongoing flu symptoms, but feel better upon leaving their house. Likely cause?
carbon monoxide poisoning
Arterial bleeding
blood spurts
Venous bleeding
blood flow
Capillary bleeding
hemorrhage
What do you place directly over a wound?
dressing
What holds dressing in place?
bandage
Shark bite or large piece of tissue becoming unattached ?
avulsion
Fracture with bone ends sticking out
compound fracture
Fracture inside skin
simple fracture
How do you immobilize a fracture?
use splint → reduces pain → reduces shock
Grade I
no unconscious, dizzy, confused
Grade II
unconscious, react to mild stimuli
Grade III
unconscious, react to pain provoking stimuli
Grade IV
unconscious, unresponsive, comatose
Is it better or worse when you have multiple changes in level of consciousness?
worse
Neck pain and needs support, acute stage of cervical syndrome.
cervical wrap → fold towel in thirds and then wrap it around the neck and tape it
Most common cause of seizure in children
fever (over 105-107)
Universal precautions
wear eye guard, gloves, WASH YOUR HANDS
