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What BSI stands for.
: What is body substance isolation?
Bright red, spurting blood.
What is arterial bleeding?
Cold, clammy skin, diaphoresis, altered mental status, nausea and vomiting.
What are the signs and symptoms of shock?
chambers of the heart
What is 4
a clot can come free and lodge in lungs
Why is a-fib dangerous
Falls from ladders, bent steering wheels, a knife laying next to a patient
What are mechanisms of injury?
Do not replace organ(s), apply an occlusive dressing and bulky trauma dressings.
How do you treat an evisceration?
The last vital sign to change in response to shock.
What is blood pressure?
cranial nerves
What is 12
put a towel in the bucket
to stop vomit from splashing
The BLS crew needs ALS support or there are more patients than providers
Why/when do you call for additional resources?
patient has an uncontrolled bleed in an extremity you should use
What is a tourniquet
Shock caused by an allergic reaction.
What is anaphylactic
liters of blood
5 +/-
1239*
What is the door code for Middlesex
What the crew should be looking for while en route and arriving at a scene.
What is scene safety?
a traction splint is used
What is when there is an angulated femur fracture with no pedal pulse.
The type of shock caused by loss of blood volume.
What is hemorrhagic shock
bones
What is 206
Make sure you unplug before removal
What is the lucas
A danger zone.
What do you establish around a vehicle accident
: To immobilize the joint above and below.
What is the purpose of splinting
shock vs head injury vital signs
increased bp decreased bp
decreased pulse increased pulse
irregular resps increased resps
vertibrae in C-spine
t-spine
L-spine
Breakfast 7
Lunch 12
Dinner 5
common sign of choking
What are hands up to neck