TRAUMA
Bright red, spurting blood.
What is arterial bleeding?
Raccoon eyes, battle signs, ottorrhea/rhinorrhea, and hemotympanum.
What is a basilar skull fracture?
What is the correct term for a wound in which a vacuum has been created within the chest, drawing air into the thorax with each breath
What is sucking chest wound
When stung by a bee, a patient becomes hypotensive, has trouble breathing, and cannot speak. What condition is the patient presenting with?
What is anaphylactic shock?
An injury in which soft tissue is completely tore off, or hanging by a flap.
What is an avulsion?
Do not replace organ(s), apply an occlusive dressing and bulky trauma dressings.
How do you treat an evisceration?
An injury to the neck that effects the carotid arteries or superior vena cava are likely to cause this type of clot.
What is an air embolisim?
What is the best way to properly apply an occlusive dressing to an open chest wound?
What is tape the dressing securely on 3 sides.
A traction splint is indicated for this type of injury.
What is a femur fracture?
True or false?
If a tourniquet is applied, you will not feel a distal pulse.
False!
A tourniquet should be applied tight enough to stop the bleeding, it does not necessarily mean a distal pulse will not be felt.
Only to be used as a last resort – considered as life or limb option.
When do you use a tourniquet?
If the patient has transient loss of consciousness, we should be concerned for this.
(unconscious, alert, unconscious)
What is an Epidural brain bleed?
The patient medication that EMT’s can assist with during a severe asthma attack.
What is albuterol inhaler?
Cold, clammy skin, diaphoresis, altered mental status, nausea and vomiting.
What are the signs and symptoms of shock?
This should always be checked for in any GSW patient.
What is an exit wound?
To immobilize the joint above and below.
What is the purpose of splinting?
The largest concern with significant facial trauma.
What is the airway?
Injury caused by blunt or penetrating trauma to the heart, characterized by narrowing pulse pressure.
What is pericardial tamponade?
A serious condition caused by the bleeding and swelling of a fracture or crush injury that becomes so strong that the body can no longer perfuse the tissues against the pressures.
What is compartment syndrome?
A wound in which the epidermis is scraped away with minimal bleeding, as commonly occurs when a child falls on his/her knees.
What is abrasion
Injury most commonly caused by a rib puncturing a lung which results in multisystem complications.
What is tension pneumothorax?
A condition causing vasodilation below an injury and, eventually, widespread hypoperfusion.
What is neurogenic shock?
The patient medication that will assist with breathing during anaphylactic shock.
What is epinephrine?
Your patient has incurred multi-system trauma after a vehicle accident. The patient has lost 2 liters of blood, which has been replaced by 2 liters normal saline. Why would your patient have shortness of breath after fluids?
What is lack of oxygen carrying ability?
Where are phalanges found?
What are hands and feet.