What are the three stages of shock?
Compensated, decompensated and irreversible shock
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RUQ, LUQ, LLQ, LRQ
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What is one of the most commonly fractured bones in the chest?
The clavicle
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What is your indication for TXA?
Severe/uncontrolled hemorrhage
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What is the time on-scene for trauma vs. medical
10 mins trauma
15 mins medical
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What is another way of describing shock?
A state of systemic hypoperfusion
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What nerves innervates your diaphragm?
C-3, C-4, C-5
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What is the definition of a flail chest?
2 or more ribs that are broken in 2 or more places
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When giving medications what MAP are we targeting in a trauma scenario?
Minimum 65, no more than 90
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If you have a patient in an mvc complaining of chest pain and has hypotension, what type of transport decision do you make?
Load & Go
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Name all distributive shock and what they have in common
Psychogenic, anaphylactic, neurogenic, septic. There is systemic vasodilation in each one
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What do cullen & grey-turner sign have in common?
Internal Bleeding
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What is the most common cause of traumatic aortic disruption?
High-speed motor vehicle crashes
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What does TXA do to your body when administered?
Decreases the body breaking down its own clots
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If someone suffers primary and secondary blast injuries, when should you transport?
Load & Go
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Why is there elevated lactic acid in shock?
Because the body switches from aerobic metabolism to anaerobic metabolism
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What is the criteria for an adult to have fallen from a great height?
20 feet
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Name 2 or more things that would lead to suspect a myocardial contusion?
Crash >20mph, ectopic activity, reentry pathway, dysrhythmia, edema, a blunt force impact
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What is your dose for TXA? After how long is it no longer effective?
1g over 10 minutes. <3 hours for best results
When someone has a revised trauma score of 1, is this a load & go or stay & play?
Load & Go
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What four things does your body use to respond in shock?
1. Baroreceptors 2. Adrenal response 3. Pituitary response 4. RAAS
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What are your four hollow abdominal organs?
Small & large intestines, bladder, stomach
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What is one intervention that is most important and unique to commotio cordis?
Pericordial thump or AED also acceptable
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How does TXA help prevent hypothermia and acidosis in the trauma triad?
It helps prevent blood loss whihc reduces the other two
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What are the four things the textbook says that would make you load & go?
Alerted mental status, airway/breathing compromise, multisystem trauma, circulatory compromise
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