Strokes/seizures
Name 2 cateories of strokes
What is hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke?
This part of the patient's body measures 1% and can be used to measure the size of the burn
What is the patient's palm?
Name a symptom of an ALTE/BRUE patient
What is choking, what is going limp, what is stopped breathing, what is turning blue
Patients will have headache, dizziness and AMS with this type of poisoning
What is CO Poisoning?
Most common type of stroke for 87% of the population
What is ischemic stroke
This should be removed quickly on all burn patients prior to swelling
What is Jewelry?
Best position for the pediatric airway
What is sniffing or the neutral position?
This type of poisoning causes burns or redness around the mouth, AMS, seizures, and death
What is cyanide poisoning?
Most common type of seizures is pediatrics?
What is a febrile stroke
ALS Providers who do not provide this for burn patients are jerks
What is pain management?
Patients with this respiratory emergency are often found in the Tripod position and drooling excessively
What is epiglottitis?
The best type of dressing for a patient with greater than 10% burns to prevent hypothermia
What is a dry dressing?
Seizures lasting longer than 5 minutes
What is status epilepticus?
This type of burn requires ALS for cardiac monitoring because it is known to cause arrhythmias
What is electrical burns?
Name a patient population where a fever can be life-threatening and must be transported
What is a cancer patient?
What is a sickle cell patient?
What is a neonate?
This part of the brain controls breathing and blood pressure
What is the brainstem?
A posterior stroke is the most common missed stroke, name a symptom that is associated with it
What is dizziness?
What is difficulty walking?
We avoid putting moist dressing on patients with burns over 10% because it will cause the patient to become
What is hypothermia?
Hallmark signs of this respiratory emergency are stridor and a seal-bark cough
What is croup?
Clear demarcation of burns, no splash marks, and delayed reporting of burns
What are signs of child abuse?