Airway & Breathing Emergencies
A patient with chest trauma has absent breath sounds on one side and tracheal deviation.
What is a pneumothorax?
During mass casualty triage, a patient with an open femur fracture and absent respirations after one repositioning attempt is tagged this color.
What is black (expectant)?
This rule is used to estimate total body surface area burned.
What is the rule of nines?
Racoon eyes and Battle's sign are late findings for this type of frature.
What is a basilar skull fracture?
A patient with chest pain, diaphoresis, and history of MI is assigned this ESI level.
What is ESI Level 2?
This is the first priority for a patient with a suspected inhalation injury.
What is secure the airway?
A hospital fire, loss of power, or water supply interruption are examples of this type of disaster.
What is an internal disaster?
This is the primary cause of death in patients with major burns within the first 24 hours.
What is hypovolemic shock?
This rapid neuroassessment scale is used to evaluate level of consiousness.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)?
Despite being severely hypoxic, patients with this poisoning often have a normal pulse oximetry reading.
What is carbon monoxide poisoning?
In flail chest, this allows for effective breathing and prevents hypoventilation.
What is pain control?
During an active shooter, this response allows a clear pattern to then follow.
What is run, hide, fight?
This is the total amount of fluid a patient with 36% TBSA burns, weighing 70 kg, needs in the first 24 hours.
What is 10,080 mL?
This term is used to describe symptoms associated with cardiac tamponade, including hypotension, muffled heart sounds, and jugular vein distention.
What is Beck's Triad?
For severe cases of scorpion sting, this can help neutralize the effects of the venom.
What is antivenom?
This breathing pattern is associated with brain injury and is described as rapid then slow respirations with periods of apnea.
What are Cheyne-Stokes respirations?
This category A bioterrorism agent spreads person-to-person, begins with fever and malaise, and progresses to a pustular rash.
What is smallpox?
Circumferential burns to the chest are particularly dangerous because of this risk.
What is impaired breathing? (Limited chest expansion)
In trauma, this is the acronym that guides the primary assessment.
What is ABCDE? (Airway, breathing, circulation, disability, exposure)
This antidote, used for opioid overdoses, often needs to be infused because of its short half-life.
What is naloxone? (Narcan)
This is an emergency procedure that may be required for a patient who cannot oxygenate or ventilate, otherwise known as "emergency tracheostomy."
What is a cricothyroidotomy?
This acronym describes the classic symptoms of nerve agent exposure: Salivation, Lacrimation, Urination, Defecation, GI upset, Emesis
What is SLUDGE?
This term is used to describe a surgical procedure that relieves tight tissue pressure following a burn injury.
Esharotomy
This term refers to the first critical hour after injury that improves the outcome of trauma patients.
What is the golden hour?
Term for aggressive cooling measures used for post–cardiac arrest patients to protect the brain.
What is Therapeutic Hypothermia? (Targeted Temperature Management)