Study Guide Flashcards
What is included in Class 1 (Red) of the triage criteria?
What are some example conditions in this class?
Highest priority!
Patients need immediate care and transport. These patients need to be treated first.
Examples: LOC, severe medical problems, shock, severe burns, radiation exposure.
What is included in Class 2 (Yellow) of the triage criteria?
What are some example conditions in this class?
Second priority
Patients’ tx may be temporalized.
Ex: Burns w/o airway problems, major or multiple bone/joint injuries. Back injuries with or without spinal chord damage.
What is included in Class 3 (Green) of the triage criteria?
What are some example conditions in this class?
Lower priority
Pts whose tx and transportation can be delayed.
Ex: Minor fractures, minor soft tissue injuries
What is included in Class 4 (Black) of the triage criteria?
What are some example conditions in this class?
Lowest priority
Pts already dead or have little chance of survival. If resources are limited, treat “salvageable” puts before these patients.
Ex: Obvious death, obvious mortal wounds such as major open brain trauma, full cardiac.
What are the signs and symptoms of angina pectoris?
Defined as discomfort induced by exercise and relieved with rest and/or nitroglycerin.
What are characteristic signs and symptoms of atypical angina?
Comes on at rest
What are characteristic signs and symptoms of stable angina?
Occurs with the same degree of exertion and resolves with the same degree of rest and/or same dosage strength and frequency of nitroglycerin.
What are characteristic signs and symptoms of unstable angina?
Angina that occurs with:
- more frequency AND
- episodes are longer lived OR
- episodes are more easily provoked.
What are concerning pain symptoms for ACS? (4)
- Pressure or squeezing quality
- Pain similar to prior AMI or angina
- Pain radiating to neck, shoulder, or left arm
- Pain with associated dyspnea
What symptoms are less concerning chest pain symptoms? (4)
- Pleuritic quality to pain (sharp/stabbing)
- Pain is reproducible with palpation of movement
- Short (seconds in duration)
- Long (constantly for several hours in duration)
What are characteristic signs and symptoms for chostochondritis?
- The chest pain is reproducible
- wall strain
- rib out
- trauma to rib
What is Tietze’ syndrome?
Benign, painful, non-suppurative localized swollen of the costosternal , sternoclavicular, or costochondral joints, most often involving the area of the second and third ribs.
Usually a more defined area of the chest wall in involved, and a young adults are more commonly affected.
What are characteristic signs and symptoms of aortic dissection? (3)
- Unequal pulses
- pain radiates to the back
- development of a new murmur of aortic insufficiency (regurgitation)
What are characteristic signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade?
Beck’s Triad:
- hypotension
- JVD
- muffled heart sounds
Also:
PULSUS PARADOXUS
new onset friction rub
What is pulses paradoxes?
Drop in systolic blood pressure >10mmHG on inspiration
