Quiz 2 Flashcards
Respond just to pain which airway would you use?
nasopharyngeal
How long off the chest?
20 seconds
5 actions for DCI
- DRABC DE
- Set of Obs/ monitor
- Give 02
- Neuroexam
- Hydrate/ fluids
- Recompress
- Lie down
DCI classification system what are the 4 evolution stages
- Static
- Progressive
- Relapse
- Spontaneous improving
DCI classification system name 4 manifestations
Cutaneous
Neuro
What do the cranial nerves attach to?
- Smell
*Sight
*Balance
*Sense
*Taste
*Shoulder shrugs
Reflex tested by the plantar response?
FEET
Reflex tested by the Romberg test?
BALANCE
3 reasons to use a catheter
Epidural
Urine retention
Urine incontinent
Spinal injury/ DCI
Hypothermia casualty
horizontal
remove wet clothes
DRABCDE
Monitor
Warm (IV) fluids and layers- rewarm slowly
Monitor for 2nd drowning
time for secondary drowning
72 hrs
brain area for temp
hypothalamus
brain area for cardio + resp
brain stem
Heat stroke
shade + strip
monitor
DRABCDE
2 litres into them
Isotonic fluid
IV in chamber
purging air in drip chamber
pressure and vol changes
bubbles in line