Unit 4 Flashcards
whats being properly trained and equipped for any medical disaster called
Emergancy Prepardness
what are 5 things in emergancey preparation
- Emergancy action plan
- proper couvarge of events
- maintenance of appropriate equipment
- Notifiy and use of appropriate emergancy equpiment
- continuing education nin emergancy medine.
whats an emergancy action plan
formal document outlining step in case of an emergancy so everyone is prepared and knows what to do
what are the 3 most important roles
- Acute/Immedate
- Transport
- Tramua
what are 2 forms of emergancey transport
helicopter and ambulance
what are some emergancy equipment
Aed, Splints, Spine boards, c-collars, facemasks
whats the golden hour
the hour you have the most succesfull time to save someone
Medical illness or traumatic injury that has the potential to be life threatining i the absense of treatment
Medical emergancy
what are some examples of medical emergancy
- not breathing
- no pulse
-neck or spinal injury - fractures
-eye injurys - severe bleeding
what is shock
colapse of cardiovascular system
what is cirrculation
movement of blood through the body
what body part acts as “ the pump”
the heart
What does the right one on the heart do
cirrculats blood through lungs to obtain oxygen
what does the left part of the heart do
oxygen-rich blood from lungs to rest of body
what DOES circculation do
transports oxygen and nutrients to tissue and removes waste products from the body
what are the four chambers of the heart
- right atrium
- left atrium
- right ventricile
- left ventricle
what are the four functions of blood
tranports nutrients and oxygen; removes waste, circulates to maintain perfusion, transports dieses fighting white blood cells,
What is the first 3 steps of the blood flow through the heart
- Superior Vena Cava
- Right Atrium
- Tricuspid valve
what is the 4-6 step of the blood flow through heart
- Right ventricle
- Pulmonary valve
- Pulmonary arteries
what is the 7-9 step of the blood flow through heart
- Lungs
- Pulmonary veins
- Left atrium
what is the 10-13th steps of the blood flow through heart
- Mitral Valve
- Left ventricle
- Aortic Valve
- Aorta/ Aortic branches
What does the vena cava do in the cirrculatory system
Delivers deoxygenated blood to the right atrium