Module 1 + (Its Your Move) Flashcards
Where to gather information?
Nurses phone, Greensleeve medication, family
Three. Most important part of PPE.
Proper size gloves
Eye protection
Fitted mask
Important rules for crime scenes
Always look for the possibility of more violence
Do not move things
Law enforcement should enter/secure the same first
One to one weapon ratio if there’s one weapon there is another
What to do if call becomes unstable?
Wait in the ambo/car for back up also stage at a safe distance out of the view if you can grab the patient do so
What is the point of initial assessment?
Look for life-threatening problems
What to do on a methamphetamine distribution call
Leave because you don’t wanna breathe it in Call law-enforcement because it is super strength
How much should you reevaluate on staple of avpu versus staple AVPU
Stable equals 15 minutes
Unstable equals every 3 to 5 minutes
Changes in mental status is the first indicator of what
Your patient is sick/injured
Why is it important to establish a baseline?
So you can reevaluate and see if your patient is getting better or worse
2 big questions to ask medical and trauma patients
Medical
Is my patient sick?
If so, how sick?
Trauma
Is my patient hurt?
If so, how hurt?
What do gurgling or bubbling sounds indicate in the airway
Fluids
Such as blood in vomit
first, try to reposition/ if not, then section
ABC’s changed to what if an unresponsive patient
CAB
Circulation
Airway
Breathing
Noninvasive airway adjunct
Suctioning
NPA
Opa
Invasive airway adjunct
LMA/Igel/ king lt
Tracheal intubation
Priority, patient include
CPR
Breathing difficulties
Low LLCs
Hypoxia
Bad general impression
Shock
Complicated birth
Stymies
Strokes
Uncontrolled bleeds
Severe pain or multiple injuries
Chest pain with a systolic blood pressure under 100 and a diastolic blood pressure under 60 and a map under 65
Respiratory rate equals
Breaths taken in one minute
Minute volume is equal to
And definition
Minute volume is equal to tidal volume times respiratory rate
Amount of air actually moved in and out of the lungs each minute
Tidal volume should equal
6 to 8ML/KG
Tidal volume picture example
What pulses will disappear first to last?
First
Pedal
Radial
Femerol
Carotid
Last
What does mottled skin mean?
Cardiac dysfunction, hyperfusion, or shock
what colour does the skin turn with carbon, allergic reaction in alcohol
Red
What colour does the skin go with blood loss, anxiety and anaphylaxis
White
Dry / hot =
Cool/wet =
Cool/dry =
Hot/wet =
Heat stroke
Shock
Cold
Hot
What is rebound tenderness?
Pushing down, makes it feel better
Cullen sign
Bruises around the belly button
Leading into the peripheral space of the Ativan or acute pancreatitis
Grey turner
Frank are bruised
A topic pregnancy
Retro, perennial haemorrhage
Pancreatic haemorrhage
Blunt trauma
Heartsounds in medical versus trauma
Check for her son, secondary and medical check for Heartsounds, primary in trauma
Swelling equals
Fluids under the skin
Priapism
Male Boner, do to , head, or brain injury
Scrotal hematoma / blood urethral meatus
Indication of a pelvic fracture do not push down on the pelvis
D cap
Deformities (misshapened )
Contusions (bruises)
Abrasions (scrapes)
Penetrations ( goes into the body)
BLS
Burns
Lacerations ( cuts, not incisions)
swelling
TiC
Tenderness
Instability (movies, where it should not move)
Crepitus (bone ends scraping together)
DRT
Abdomen
Distension (is it bigger than normal)
Rigidity (hard )
Tenderness (does it hurt? )
What causes an SPO2 monitor to throw a error?
Nail polish
Carbon dioxide poisoning
Hands are too cold
Too bright of light outside
BP is low
Bleeding
Errors happen all the time if they look like they need oxygen, give it to them no matter the rating
SPO2 how it works
Bottom has a sensor that shows the ultra red light if 95% of the oxygen in a saturated only 5% of the latest making it through to the finger on the other side
What are you looking for at the Head
Assess for the eyes for shape and symmetry
Check the pupils for size and reactivity
Do the eyes move in track together?
Palpate the mandible
Palpate the nose
Open and look around the mouth
Look around ears, and behind ears
Inspect the anterior part of the neck
What are you looking for at the Neck
JVD
Tranquila midline
C-collar decision
What are you looking for at the
Chest / Lungs
Look for equal rights/fall
Look for accessory muscle use
Work of breathing
Look for signs of flail segments
Palpate clavicles
Percuss chest sound of lungs
Jaundice
Yellow liver failure
Mottled skin
Cardio dysfunction, hyperfusion, or shock
Looks like marble cheese, red, and white
Cyanosis
Blue
Hypoxaemia
MsI
Multi, skeletal injury to soft tissue of the body, include sprains, strains, or tears
Signs of MsI
Swelling, redness, or difficulty, moving a body part
Hazard
Potential source of harm
Risk
How likely harm will occur
Risk factors
Have the potential to cause an injury, or create conditions that contribute to the issue
Contract stress
Occurs when a part of the body contracts, a shark or hard surface
Four ways of controlling a hazard
Elimination/ substitution
Engineering
Administration
PPE
Engineering controls
Physical, prevent access to a hazard
Elimination/substitution
Most effective way of removing the hazard, or replacing it with a safer option
Administration control
Change the way the work is done
Neutral position includes
Shoulders relaxed in a resting position, not rounded or uneven
Looking forward with ears in line with shoulders, and without a twisted neck
Had not bent or tilted feet, approximately shoulder width apart for a solid base of support
Micro breaks
Small changes in body position to rest, or use other muscles and help with blood flow
Manuel materials handling
Included in any task, which requires you to lift lower, push poll, hold or carry any object or material
Elite stands for
environment
Load
Individual
Task
Equipment
Environment includes
Room area, lighting, noise, distractions, work surface, and temperatures
Load includes
Weight, size, shape, contents
Individual factors include
Physical status
Emotional status
Training and experience
Communicational styles
Comfort zone
Between shoulders and hips, directly in front of the body
Three parts of a safe lift
Maximum client participation
Maximum equipment yes
Minimum physical effort
Three parts of performing your assessment
Self
Environment
Client
Leading causes of injuries
Slips trips and falls
How long do you have to report an injury?
24hrs
Incubation period
The period after you’ve been exposed to an infectious disease
Six pieces of an MSI
Pain
Paller
Pulselessness
Parasthesia
Pioklotherima
Paralysis
