Ch.29
If the patient sustains burns to the hands, the EMT should remove:
Jewelry
what is one general principle of dressing and bandaging?
Do not bandage a dressing until the bleeding has stopped
the path or motion of a projectile during its travel is called
trajectory
Treatment of the superficial burn may include:
pouring cool saline over the injury
soft tissue injuries are sometimes dramatic but rarely
life- threatening
what type of motorcycle impact results in the rider traveling into the handlebars?
head-on
what type of burn occurs when a patient comes into contact with a flame or fire?
Flame burn
The signs and symptoms of internal bleeding include
poor peripheral perfusion
The MOST common and serious primary phase injuries produced from a blast are
pulmonary injuries
The condition that occurs after the burn when fluid and proteins move out of the vasculature and into surrounding tissue is called:
Burn shock
External venous hemorrhage can almost always be controlled by?
firmly bandaging a dressing into place
injuries received during the secondary blast phase are caused by
blast projectiles
what is the primary result of the tissue degeneration that results from electrical burns?
The tissue releases toxins into the body
Why would bleeding from the ear of a patient with a head injury be a concern?
it may be indicative of a basilar skull fracture
A hospital with what trauma care rating is MOST likely to attempt stabilization of critical trauma patients before transporting them to a facility with higher-level trauma capabilities?
level IV