Prevention/Treatment of Field Injuries Flashcards
What diseases can ticks carry?
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Lyme Disease
What are symptoms of a chigger bite?
Small welts on skin and intense itching.
What should you do to treat a bite?
- Wash the wound with water and soap.
- Cover the wound with a sterile, dry dressing or bandage.
- Immobilize the area with a splint or bandage if necessary.
- Get the casualty to a medical facility as soon as possible.
What are two common spiders in Quantico?
Black Widow
Brown Recluse
What are the two families of snakes and which snakes belong to each resident to US.
Crotalidae
- Rattlesnakes.
- Pygmy rattlers.
- Copperheads.
- Water moccasins.
- Cottonmouths.
Elapidae
Coral snake
What is a hemotoxic bite and which family of snakes cause them?
Crotalidae
Hemotoxic bites cause:
- Excruciating pain and swelling at the site of the bite.
- Severe headache and thirst caused by internal bleeding.
- Puncture marks.
- Shock.
- Respiratory distress.
What is a neurotoxic bite and which family of snakes cause them?
Elapidae
Hemotoxic bites effect the nervous system:
- Irregular heartbeat, followed by generalized weakness and exhaustion, terminating in shock.
- Severe headache, dizziness, blurred vision or blindness, hearing difficulty, mental disturbances such as incoherent speech, stupor, and mental confusion.
- Lack of muscular coordination.
- Difficult or labored breathing.
- Numbness and tingling of the skin (particularly of the lips and the soles of the feet).
- Excessive perspiration.
- Chills and fever.
- Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
What are six types of heat injuries?
Sunburn
Prickly heat rash
Fungus Infections
Heat cramps
Heat exhaustion
Heat stroke
What can cause heat cramps?
Heat cramps are caused by a lack of electrolytes (salt) in the system. They can be brought on when you have been sweating profusely and suddenly drink a large quantity of cold water.
What can cause heat exhaustion?
Heat exhaustion is caused by the pooling of blood in the capillaries close to the surface of the skin. Exposure to high temperatures and humidity, heat directly from the sun, and excessive activity by unacclimatized individuals are primary contributors to heat exhaustion.
What is heat stroke?
Heat stroke is a serious malfunction of the body’s heat regulatory mechanism. Victim will not sweat and body temperature may range from 104 to 108 degrees.
What can prevent heat injuries?
Clothing
Water
Command attention
What is the Wet-Bulb Globe Tempurature Index used for?
Source for determining heat conditions and an important means in controlling heat-related injuries.
What are the four factors used for the Wet-Bulb Globe Tempurature Index used?
Air movement
Air temperature
Relative humidity
Radiant heat
What are the four flag conditions and what do they indicate?
Green - Heavy exercise for unacclimatized personnel conducted with caution and under constant supervision.
Yellow - Strenuous activities such as hikes, close order drill, and obstacle courses suspended for unacclimatized personnel.
Red - All physical training is halted. Outdoor classes in direct sunlight shall be avoided for personnel not thoroughly acclimatized.
Black - All strenuous activity halted
