Shock & Bleeding
This type of bleeding is characterized by bright red blood that spurts or flows in a pulsatile pattern.
What is arterial bleeding?
This degree of burn is NOT included when calculating Total Body Surface Area.
What is a First Degree burn?
A temporal skull fracture or direct blow to the head often ruptures this specific vessel, leading to an epidural hematoma.
What is the middle meningeal artery?
This bone is the longest and strongest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
The initial and mandatory treatment step for any hypothermic patient is to do this.
What is removing the patient from the cold environment and preventing further heat loss?
This mechanism based rule states to apply a tourniquet this distance above a wound on an extremity.
What is 2 inches?
Using the Rule of Palms, a patient's palm including fingers represents roughly this percentage of Total Body Surface Area.
What is 1%?
This classic clinical presentation involves a loss of consciousness followed by a brief lucid interval, then rapid decline.
What is an Epidural Hematoma?
A pelvic fracture carries a massive risk of internal bleeding with an estimated potential blood loss of up to this amount.
What is 2 Liters or more?
When treating an open abdominal evisceration, cover the exposed organs with sterile gauze moistened with sterile saline, followed by this type of dressing.
What is an occlusive dressing?
Three mechanical conditions that common causes of obstructive shock include Tension Pneumothorax, Pulmonary Embolism, and this condition.
What is Cardiac Tamponade?
According to the pediatric burn classification (<10 years old), a partial-thickness burn of this percentage range is classified as Moderate.
What is 10% to 20% Total Body Surface Area.
Subdural hematomas result from the tearing of these vessels located between the dura mater and arachnoid.
What are bridging veins?
Pain from a injured spleen is referred to the left shoulder, which is known by this sign's name.
What is Kehr's sign?
If a patient has a chemical exposure to the eye, you should flush the eye continuously with a gentle stream of water or saline for at least this duration.
What is 15 minutes?
In hypovolemic nonhemorrhagic shock, plasma volume is reduced due to fluid loss from burns, dehydration, vomiting, or this symptom.
What is diarrhea?
The four main types of burns to know are thermal, chemical, electrical, and this type.
What is radiation?
In Cushing’s Triad, a late sign of increased Intracranial Pressure, consists of irregular respirations, bradycardia, and this vascular sign.
What is hypertension/ widened pulse pressure?
When realigning a deformed extremity with compromised distal circulation, you should make at most this number of gentle attempts.
What is one attempt?
When both arms are injured or unavailable, an EMT should obtain a blood pressure by placing the cuff on the thigh and listening over this artery.
What is the popliteal artery?
During early or compensated shock, blood pressure remains normal; hypotension indicates this later phase.
What is decompensated shock?
In adults, any partial-thickness burn greater than this percentage of Total Body Surface Area is classified as a critical burn.
What is 30%?
Hyperventilation lowers Intracranial Pressure by reducing this gas in the blood, causing cerebral vasoconstriction.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
Isolated mid-shaft femur fractures are the primary indication for a traction splint; list three contraindications for its use.
What are pelvic fractures, knee/lower leg injuries, ankle/foot injuries, partial amputations/avulsions with bone separation, unstable patients, or bilateral femur fractures?
Rear end collision Motor Vehicle Crashes commonly cause this type of neck injury.
What is a whiplash injury?