Anatomy
Vocabulary
Signs and Symptoms-
Abdominal
Treatment
Types of Injuries
100
What are the hollow organs?
What is the Stomach, Intestines, Ureters, and Bladder
100
The accumulation of blood and air in the pleural space of the chest is called what?
What is Hemopneumothorax
100
A very common sign of significant abdominal injury is what?
What is tachycardia?
100
Inspecting the patients back and sides for exit wounds, applying a dry sterile dressing to all open wounds, and you you may also have to apply a stabilizing bandage around it to control external bleeding and to minimize additional injury.
What is treatment for a penetrating wound?
100
A blunt force injury trauma to abdomen that does not break the skin is classified as what type of abdominal injury?
What is a Closed Abdominal Injury
200
Where are the kidneys located?
What is the Retroparitoneal Space
200
What is Guarding?
What is Contracting of the stomach muscles to minimize the pain of abdominal movement
200
Pain found just under the margin of the ribs on the right side and between the shoulder blades, is a result of what injury?
What is injury to the gallbladder?
200
With this type of injury you should log roll them to a supine position on a backboard, provide stabilization of the spine, suction or roll over on their side, monitor vitals, and give high flow oxygen via non re breather or bvm.
What is treatment for a blunt abdominal injury?
200
Often injured during MVC, mostly common with misplacement of a seat belt or hitting the steering wheel, falls from heights or onto sharp objects, and bicycle or motor cycle accidents where the patient hits the handlebars. Prone to heaving bleeding.
What is injury to the spleen?
300
Located in the right upper quadrant are what organs?
What is the Liver, and Gallbadder
300
Left shoulder pain caused by blood in the peritoneal cavity is called?
What is Kehr Sign
300
When a patient reports pain that is tearing and describes it going from the abdomen posteriorly. He/she is having signs of what?
What is abdominal aneurysm undergoing dissection?
300
Do not try replacing any of the organs, cover them with a sterile gauze that is moistened with a sterile saline solution and secure with a sterile dressing. You can also use moist sterile dressings covered and secured in place with a bandage and tape.
What is treatment of abdominal evisceration?
300
When penetrated or ruptured, loops of bowel are likely to invade the thoracic cavity and can cause bowel sounds to be heard during auscultation of the lungs. Dysnea is a common s/s of this patient.
What is a diaphragm injury?
400
What hollow organ is located in the upper left quadrant?
What is the Stomach
400
Displacement of organs outside of the body is called?
What is Evisceration
400
A patient complaining of pain following the angle from the lateral hip to the midline of the groin, has possible damage to what?
What is damage to the kidneys or ureters?
400
Use moist and sterile compresses, local pressure to control bleeding and a diaper type bandage to hold the dressings in place.
What is treatment of female genitalia injuries?
400
When blunt or penetrating injury happens here it can rupture and send urine spilling into the surrounding tissues.
What is injury to the urinary bladder?
500
What is the protective membrane around the heart?
What is the Pericardium
500
A pattern of injuries seen after a severe force is applied to the chest, forcing blood from the great vessels back into the head and neck is called what?
What is Traumatic Asphyxia
500
Bruises around the umbilicus that are predictive of significant internal bleeding, is what type of sign?
What is Cullen sign?
500
Pack the crease between the buttocks with compresses and consult with medical control to determine the need for transport.
What is treatment for rectal bleeding?
500
Can be sheared from their base, crushed, or fractured. Causes significant amount of blood loose- hematuria is a common finding.
What is a kidney injury?
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