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Principles of prehospital emergency care

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Decks in this class (17)

Scene assessment
6 stages of scene assessment,
Order of things to prioritise in ...,
3 things to assess the scene
9  cards
Primary survey
Stages in primary survey,
Testing level of consciousness,
Dealing with catastrophic haemorr...
22  cards
History taking
Sequence of events in patient ass...,
History sequence the medical model,
Presenting complaint what to do
9  cards
Infection prevention and control for paramedics
What is ipc infection prevention ...,
5 times you wash your hands momen...,
Risks of overuse of gloves
8  cards
Airway management and ventilation
Where does the upper airway meet ...,
3 questions to assess airway and ...,
Common site of airway obstruction
40  cards
Secondary survey and baseline observations
What is a secondary survey and wh...,
System specific examination,
When to do a head to toe assessment
5  cards
Normal ranges of observations
Respiratory rate,
Spo2,
Heart rate
7  cards
Oxygen and Entonox theory
Ventilation,
Oxygenation,
Different types of mask
16  cards
Adult basic life support
Chain of survival,
Cpr,
Ilcor
13  cards
Automated external defibrillation
Non shockable rhythm examples,
Shockable rhythms,
Biphasic defibrillation
12  cards
12 lead ECG
How is an ecg wave formed,
Acquiring ecg,
Artefacts
8  cards
An introduction to wound care
Wound,
3 layers of the skin,
8 types of wound
12  cards
Introduction to fractures and management
Fracture,
Causes of fractures,
Mechanisms of injury
16  cards
Child and infant BLS
Primary cardiac arrest,
Secondary cardiac arrest,
Preventing cardiac arrest in chil...
21  cards
Personal care and pressure injuries
What is involved in personal care,
Pressure injury definition,
Areas at greater risk of pressure...
14  cards
Pain management
Barriers to pain management,
Nociception,
Physiology of pain
15  cards
Recognising the time critical patient
Non time critical,
Time critical,
6 clinical indicators of a time c...
6  cards

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