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Where a tourniquet should be placed if the wound is visible
What is 2-3 inches above the wound?
pg.3422
Your partner has stabbed themself in the thumb with an Epi Auto Injector. This type of systemic response is what you should expect
What is an adrenergic or sympathetic response?
source: EMSP 2130
Definition of a chest seal
What is a 3-sided occlusive dressing?
pg. 3855
This medical term is used to describe unequal pupils
What is anisocoria?
pg.1371
This receptor acts to increase heart rate in a state of shock
What is beta 1 receptor?
pg.989
The artery that connects the external iliac artery to the popliteal artery
What is the femoral artery?
pg. 679
A patient has a knife in his chest and goes into witnessed cardiac arrest. This is how you should proceed
What is remove the knife and start CPR?
Three possible treatments for a flail chest segment
What is BVM, CPAP, and pain management?
pg. 3843
What you should suspect when observing unequal pupils in a trauma patient
What is increased ICP?
pg.2498
This system promotes potent vasoconstriction in the event of blood loss
What is the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System?
pg.910
A condition often caused by a crush injury
What is compartment syndrome?
pg.3456
Your patient is stabbed in the RUQ of the abdomen. You should suspect an injury to this internal organ
What is the liver?
pg. 3909 Fig 37-2
A multi-system trauma patient has been intubated and packaged. After loading your patient into the ambulance, you notice the ETCO2 has dropped to a reading of 0. This is the first thing you should assess.
What is a pulse?
source: my ACLS card :P
A pediatric patient has been stabbed in the eye with a pencil. This is how you should you proceed with this specific injury
What is stabilize the object AND cover the uninjured eye?
pg. 3636 Fig 34-24
A victim was involved in a house fire. He is complaining of shortness of breath, but his SPO2 is reading 99%. This is what has happened on a cellular level
What is carbon monoxide has bound to hemoglobin?
pg.1251
Type of fracture in which a traction splint can be placed
What is a closed, isolated, mid-shaft femur fracture?
pg.3999
A patient has suffered a penetrating injury and subcutaneous tissue is exposed. This is how many layers of skin the object has penetrated
What is three layers?
pg. 1655 Fig 14-54
This is what SALAD stands for
Suction-Assisted Laryngoscopy and Airway Decontamination
source: EMSP 2130
"Racoon eyes" should raise your suspicion for this injury
What is a basilar skull fracture?
pg. 3718
The brain is most sensitive to changes in these two molecules
What is glucose and oxygen?
pg.3722
Two sites to check distal pulses on lower extremities
What is posterior tibial and dorsalis pedis?
source: NIH
A barrel of knives has exploded! Your patient was struck by one. This is the type of blast injury your patient has suffered
What is a secondary blast injury?
pg. 3347 Fig 30-19
The two anatomical sites for needle decompression
What is between the 2nd and 3rd intercostal space mid-clavicular or between the 5th and 6th intercostal space anterior axillary?
pg. 3864 Skill Drill 36-1
This is how you should treat globe luxation
What is cover protruding eye with a moist, sterile dressing and stabilize it along with the uninjured eye?
pg. 3634
This type of cellular injury is seen patients with massive blood loss
What is a hypoxic injury?
pg.1005