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Level 1,2,3,4 trauma

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1,trauma,pediatric,neurology
2.do not do vascular surgery but same as lvl1
3.prompt assessment,cpr if patient get worse transfer to 1or2
4 advanced life support before transfer to lvl 1or2

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Index of suspicion

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Awareness. That unseen, life-threatening injuries may exist when determining the MOI

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Kinetic energy

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The energy of a moving object

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Potential energy

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The product of mass, gravity and height, which is converted into kinetic energy

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Work

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The measure of force over distance

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Cavitation

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Speed causes a bullet to generate pressure

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Weight in speed play a factor by

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A bullet to cause damage is more a function of a speed of the mass of a bullet is double the energy that is available to cause injury is double velocity of a bullet is double injury is quadrupled

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There’s three stages to a motor vehicle accident

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Car to object
body to interior of the car
and organs to solid body 

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Bleeding control

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Apply gauze bleeding continue stack, gauze until bleeding is controlled if amputated apply tourniquet Never remove tourniquet places second tourniquet proximal to the injury

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To open the airway of a spinal injury, jaw thrust

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The person who is at the head holding C-spine, is the person in charge of longboard movements

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The only time you say remover, c-collar is when you get to the hospital in a physician examines the patient

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First-degree burn is superficial
Second-degree burn is epidural partial of the skin
Third-degree burn is Dura under the skin to the bone

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Define degloving

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A degloving injury is when your skin pills

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What do capillaries do

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Link arterioles and venules

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the bones of the skull in face

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The face has six bones
The nasal bone,1/3rd is bone
ZayGoma 2 check bone
Maxible2(upper jaw)
Mandible1(jaw

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The heart maintains blood flow in the body

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17
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Capillary versus dark red and ooze slowly
Venous bleeding is darker
(pour o2)than arterial, bleeding, and flow steadily
Arterial, bleeding, bright red in spurts

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Hematoma
blood that collect in in the soft tissues beneath the skin

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Contusion a bruise from an injury that causes bleeding beneath the skin without break in this game

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Concussion s/s

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20
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The spinal column has 33 bones divided into five sections
Cervical 7
Thoracic 12
Lumbar 5
Sacral 5
Coccyx4

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most easily is palpable seventh cervical vertebrae
Connected by ligaments and disk

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21
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Tragus

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small, rounded fleshy bulge immediately anterior to the
Ear canal

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22
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Thermal burns caused by heat
Flame
scald
Contact
Steam
Flash

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Inhalation burns (Stridor)
Need cool mist

Toxic carbon monoxide
Chemical flush 15-20mins

991(treatment)

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Rubber is called insulator

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24
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Adams apple

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Formed by Thyroid cartilage in upper part of larynx

25
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Cricoid cartilage
Firm ridge of cartilage rings of the trachea

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The trachea connects oropharynx and larynx

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The eye
Front field with aqueous humor
Back field with vitreous

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Sclera is the white of the
Globe (eyeball)back called retina
Iris gives the eye color lens sit behind iris
Pupils center of iris
Cornea clear so light can enter
Optic nerve respond to light

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The brain and spinal cord makes up the CNS

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Cerebellum controls balance and body movement
Cerebrum conscious dived into 2 and splits into 4lobes

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CNS the( brainstem) every day life

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Automatic nervous system (involuntary

Somatic (voluntary)

29
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Depressed skull fracture baseball bat

Basilar skull fracture mvc

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30
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Concussion

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Temporary loss of consciousness
A functional change

Amnesia(loss of memory)
Retrograde leading up to
Antergrade after

31
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Head injury symptoms

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Dizziness
Weakness
Visual change or mood

32
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Contusion (bruise) more serious then concussion
Bleeding swelling from blood vessels

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33
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Blood loss 12pints (6L)
Cannot tolerate more than 2pints loss
Boys contain (70L)
Female contain(65L)
1yr old 27oz After 3-6 s/s
Increases hr and respiratory rate
Decrease bp

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A healthy adult can Donate 1pint(500ml) in 15-20mins

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Perfusion

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Circulation of blood within the organ tissue to meet cells current needs
O2 and nutrients and waste

35
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Brain(4-6)cardio
Lungs(15-20)CNS
Kidney damage after(45mins)respiratory
Skeletal muscle after( 2-3hrs)

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36
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Femur thigh bone

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37
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Hematoma

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Bleeding in the brain

38
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Fall
Blunt trauma
Fall more then 20ft
Internal organs
Legs pelvic spinal injury

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Height of fall
Surface
Part of body that hit first

39
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Air bags inflate quick
Can cause death to an infant or seriously injured
Under 4’9 ride in the back

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If airbag has not deployed be carful while extracting patient

40
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Pulmonary blast symptoms

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Contusion hemorrhage short rang exposed of explosion 💥
Tightness or pain n chest
cough up blood
tachypnea
Respiratory distress
Subcutaneous emphysema
Pneumothorax

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You need to asses the inside of the vehicle so you
To see what all the patient has hit on the inside of the car and know what injuries do he have

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42
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Multi system trauma treatment

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Provide rapid transport
Treat bleeding (tourniquet)
Sample
On scene 10mins

43
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Abdominal bleeding signs and symptoms

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44
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Extracting someone from a car the only time we use a short backboard

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45
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Skin has 2 layers
epidermis-tough(germinal new layer of skin pigment forms deeper skin
dermis inner skin (hair and sweat) nerve endings

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46
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Avulsion
Separates layers of soft tissue

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47
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Partial thickness 2nd degree
Blisters
burns 20%10-50
10% younger then 10 over 50

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48
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Ear divided into 3

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External
Pina
Auditory canal
Tympanic membrane
Middle
3 bones hammer anvil
Stirrup
Inner ear
Chamber filled with fluid

49
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Subdural hematoma
Blood beneath the dura mater occurs after fall
Rapture of veins

S/S
Fluctuating LOC
Slurred speech

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50
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Cusshing triad
Hypertension
Bradycardia
Cheyenne stokes (biot)

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51
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Osteoporosis

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When bones become brittle

52
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Hyphemia

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Bleeding in the eye

53
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Cricoid cartilage

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Rings the trechea

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