DEFINITIONS
Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, & Exposure.
What is the primary assessment?
Nursing activity to be completed first at any sign or symptoms of a blood transfusion reaction.
What is stop the transfusion?
This is caused by vasoconstriction of the peripheral blood vessels. Intra-and extracellular fluids freeze, forming crystals that damage the tissues.
What is frostbite burn?
Some injuries are described as non-life or limb-threatening, self-limiting injuries. A ____ _____ as defined generally means a sprain, abrasion, laceration or whiplash-associated disorder.
What is a minor trauma?
What is head?
_______is defined as a brief, face-to-face encounter which should occur within 5 minutes of the patient’s arrival or registration and should normally require less than 5 minutes contact.
What is triage?
May be due to loose electrodes or patient moving during an EKG.
What is artifact?
The severity of the burn injury is based on an assessment of the extent and _____ of the burn injury, the patient's age, any concomitant injuries, smoke inhalation, and pre-existing health issues.
What is depth?
The second main cause of death in developed countries?
What is Major trauma?
This is used by healthcare professionals to assess how severely a person's brain has been damaged
What is the Glasgow Comas Scale (GCS)?
______term used to describe resuscitation efforts that include a set of life-saving protocols and skills that extend basic life support to further support the circulation and provide an open airway and adequate ventilation.
What is Advanced Life Support (ALS)?
A maneuver involving moving a patient’s body as one unit to avoid twisting or bending, so that the spine is kept in alignment.
What is logrolling?
Due to the loss of skin in burns, the emergency care of a burn injury focuses on the prevention of ____, on hypovolemia, and on maintaining a normal body temperature.
What is infection?
The treatment of the seriously injured patient requires a _______ and early intervention with life-saving therapy.
What is an assessment?
One who has an immediate requirement for any form of organ support (intubation, ventilation, or inotropes), or is likely to suffer acute cardiac, respiratory or neurological deterioration requiring such support is considered to be ____ ____.
What is critically ill?
Taking vitals, providing comfort measures, obtaining a history, completing a head-to-toe assessment, and inspecting the posterior surfaces.
What is the secondary asssessment?
Padded side rails, nasal cannula or mask equipment, and suction apparatus.
What are seizure precautions?
This is the medicated topical that treats minor burns.
What is Silver Sulfadiazine cream (Flamazine)?
This type of treatment is an application of ice used for 15-20 minutes per hour during the first few hours, which reduces pain and prevents swelling and inflammation.
What is first aid treatment?
The highest possible score is ___, which means that the person knows where they are and can speak and move as instructed.
What is 15?
_______is dynamic, complex, and progressive; it is about providing an immediate nursing response to meet the full spectrum of human care.
This product absorbs drainage, maintains a moist wound surface, and decreases risk for infection.
What is a hydrocolloid dressing?
A 35-year-old male has suffered from burns to the back of the left arm, front of the left leg, anterior head and neck, and perineum. Use the Wallace Rule of nines to determine the extent of burn injury to this patient.
What is 19?
The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) method was developed by the American College of Surgeons and provides a framework for the care of the trauma patient. A similar programme, the Advanced Trauma Nursing Course, exists for the nurses. The process is known as ________.
What is "initial assessment"?
Verbal responses, ____ _____, and how easily they can open their eyes are the three components used to score a head injury with the GCS.
What is physical reflexes?