TRAUMA
This is the NEXT intervention for life-threatening extremity hemorrhage when a tourniquet fails.
What is applying another tourniquet?
A patient with infection, fever, tachycardia, and hypotension is likely in this type of shock.
What is septic shock?
At a possible hazmat scene, this is the MOST critical first action.
What is identifying the hazard?
This is where gas exchange occurs in the lungs.
What are alveoli?
Seizures without recovery between them is this.
What is status epilepticus?
A patient with decreased BP, bradycardia, and altered mental status after trauma is MOST likely in this stage of shock.
What is decompensated shock?
This cardiac condition can be relieved by rest or nitroglycerin and does not cause permanent damage.
What is angina?
This principle guides disaster response to maximize survival. The "greatest good for the greatest good."
What is Utilitarianism?
This structure carries oxygenated blood from lungs to heart.
What is the pulmonary vein?
The FIRST condition you should think of when you hear "(woman of childbearing age) with ABD pain."
What is an Ectopic pregnancy.
A trauma patient loses radial pulses during transport—this MOST directly indicates this physiologic change.
What is a drop in systolic blood pressure?
The tree "polys" of hyperglycemia
What is polyuria, polyphagia, polydipsia?
In START triage, a patient breathing over 30/min is categorized as this.
What is red (immediate)?
This chamber of the heart pumps blood to the lungs.
What is the right ventricle?
COPD patients are MOST stimulated to breathe by this.
What is Increased CO2?
This mechanism of injury produces the MOST severe internal injury potential due to energy transfer.
What is high speed?
Condition where someone has tremors/seizures and may hallucinate after withdrawal from alcolol.
What is delirium tremens?
Moving a patient before full packaging is ONLY appropriate under this condition.
What is immediate danger?
This part of the brain controls basic life functions like breathing.
What is the brainstem? (+1 for Medulla)
Shockable rhythms. (Hannah's new band name)
What is ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation?
In major burns with respiratory distress, this intervention takes priority over aggressive fluid cooling strategies.
What is airway management / high-flow oxygen?
A diver with rapid ascent, pain in joints, rashes, fatigue, and dizziness has this condition
What is "The Bends" (or decompression sickness).
Who you call when there's something strange in the neighborhood
Who is Ghost Busters?
Proper CPR compression depth for a child is this.
What is at least 2 inches? (Or 1/3 depth of anterior chest).
What PEEP stands for
What is Positive End-Expiratory Pressure?