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Standard Level C Flashcards

1
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An infant is considered what?

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anyone who is younger than 1

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A child is considered what?

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someone older than 1 but who has not reached puberty

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An adult is considered what?

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anyone going through puberty or has gone through puberty

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4
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What steps must you go through before working on a patient?

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  • patients right to be informed
  • consent must be voluntary
  • implied consent
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5
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What do you do if the patient doesn’t give consent?

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do not force first aid on conscious patient, and call 911 for help and to let them know the situation

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6
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What does PPE include?

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  • gloves
  • safety goggles
  • masks
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7
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What does the STOP principle stand for?

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S-STOP
T-THINK
O-OBSERVE
P-PLAN

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What are the 6 steps to go through when surveying a scene?

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  1. take charge
  2. call for help/instruct someone else to
  3. asses hazards and make area safe
  4. determine what happened/mechanisms of injury
  5. identify yourself and offer help
  6. get consent/implied consent
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9
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What is recovery position?

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take the arm closest to you, put straight above their head, cross other arm over their body, cross the leg opposite of you over leg nearest to you, place one hand under neck for support while using other hand to grab his hip and roll him towards you. finally put something behind his back so he can’t roll over

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10
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What is semi sitting position used for?

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patients with chest pain or nausea

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What is semi sitting position?

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lean patient against wall at about a 45 degree angle, lean against wall then support his back and knees with pillow or blanket

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12
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What is the recovery position used for?

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help maintain an open airway and promote drainage of fluids from the mouth

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What is the tripod position used for?

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patients in respiratory distress

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14
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Explain the tripod position

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sitting in a chair hunched over as if they are gasping for air

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What does ABC stand for?

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airway, breathing, and circulation

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What to do when conducting primary survey is patient is responsive

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  1. open airway- head tilt/chin lift
  2. visual check for breathing (rate and quality)
  3. patient is breathing
  4. check circulation
  5. continue to monitor ABC’s, treat for shock and reassure the patient while waiting to hand over to EMS
17
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What to do when conducting primary survey is patient is unresponsive

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  1. open airway- head tilt/chin lift
  2. visual check for breathing (no more than 10 seconds)
  3. patient is not breathing
  4. activate EMS (911), send for AED if not already done
  5. start the cycle of 30 compressions followed by 2 rescue breaths
18
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How do you check for circulation?

A
  • skin colour
  • question the patient (any numbness, cold, tightness or tingling sensation to the limbs
  • nail beds (press on nail beds of the fingers and see how fast blood returns, it should return within 2-3 seconds, compare each side)
  • temp (see if the injured side is cooler)
19
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What is a minor wound?

A

cut, tear or other impact to the top layers of skin or blood vessels
-usually treated without medical care

20
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What is a major wound?

A

when a cut, tear, or other impact that has caused the muscle, fat, or bone to be visible
-requires professional help

21
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What is an open wound?

A

break in the skin that leads to bleeding, exposure to germs and possible infection

22
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What is a closed wound?

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when there is no break in the outer skin barrier, but tissue underneath is injured and can lead to internal bleeding

23
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What is a contusion?

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basically a bruise (impact to the area)

24
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What is an abrasion?

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a scrape, needs to be cleaned to avoid infection

25
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What is a laceration?

A

open wound caused by tearing on the outer skin and tissue beneath (nasty cut that isn’t clean at all)

26
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What is an incision?

A

clean cut

27
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What are punctures?

A

caused by something pointed

28
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What is amputation?

A

open wounds caused by something that would tear a limb partially or completely off the body

29
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What are avulsions?

A

open wound caused by something that would either tear a piece of skin partially/completely off

30
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What do you do to help with external bleeding?

A

Apply pressure to the area, keep patient calm

-keeping patient calm means the heart rate is lower resulting in less bleeding

31
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If a patient has a hand injury what should you remove?

A

remove jewellery before hands swells

32
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If a tooth falls out/gets knocked out how do you handle it? where do you put it?

A

grab by the crown not the root, and put in milk or saline or patients own saliva
-never water

33
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What does yellow liquid coming out of the ears or nose mean?

A

skull fracture

34
Q

What does the right upper quadrant contain?

A
  • liver
  • gallbladder
  • duodenum
  • head of pancreas
  • right kidney
  • adrenal gland
  • transverse colon
35
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What does the right low quadrant contain?

A
  • parts of the small and large intestines
  • right ovary
  • right Fallopian tube
  • appendix
  • right ureter
36
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What does the left upper quadrant contain?

A
  • stomach
  • spleen
  • part of the pancreas
  • parts of the small/large intestines
37
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What does the lower left quadrant contain?

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  • part of descending colon
  • sigmoid colon
  • left ovary and tube
  • left ureter
  • left spematic cord
38
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What sort of bandage do we use for an organ showing vs an organ not showing

A

organ not showing= dry bandage

organ showing=moist bandage

39
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What are the “5 rights of medication use”?

A
  • right patient
  • right medication
  • right dosage
  • right time
  • right route

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