How Shocking
Shock is condition that happens when the body is no longer able to compensate and becomes life threatening due to this.
What is reduced blood flow to vital organs?
"A" stands for
What is Airway?
Your patient knows who, where, when and what happened. Their level of consciousness is...
What is A + O x 4?
A spinal cord injury can result from a fall of this height.
What is how tall a person is?
During a rescue situation, with multiple rescuers, it is important to have one person do this.
Be the leader
Take control of the situation
Advocate for the victim
When under stress, like outrunning a bear, your body does not need to...
What is digest food, make poo or make urine?
About how much time should you spend checking to see if someone is breathing?
What is about 5 to 10 seconds?
Crying, groaning or moaning are all responses to
What is painful stimuli?
When rolling a victim with a suspected spinal cord injury, it is important to immobilize this.
What is the head and neck?
One out of ten people.
What is react appropriately in an emergency situation?
Three signs of early stage shock include
What is altered mental status, restlessness or irritability, excessive thirst, rapid and weak pulse, rapid breathing or nausea or vomiting?
This method is used to quickly assess circulation and perfusion.
What is Capillary Refill Time?
A patient that is unresponsive to any stimuli is...
What is unconscious?
As a result of rapid deceleration, these physical findings may be seen on the victim.
What are bruising behind the ears or the eyes.
Step one, turn it on
What is the first step to using an AED?
The hormone, that when released, initiates the "fight or flight" response.
What is Adrenaline?
During your primary assessment, your patient is unable to move their legs. You suspect this Disability is the result of a....
What is a Spinal Cord Injury?
To determine if a patient is truly unresponsive, it is recommended to...
What is to firmly pat on the shoulders?
Evacuation of suspected spinal cord injury is
Go fast!
These steps are executed in water rescues
What is reach, throw, row, go?
At least two methods to treat for shock are...
What is elevate the feet, keep the patient warm, keep the patient calm, lay the patient down?
A useful instrument that may help you to expose injuries in order to better assess seriousness.
What are scissors?
A level of consciousness "V" indicates the patient responds to...
What is verbal stimuli?
Steps to clear a suspected spinal cord injury are as follows
need a few people
immobilize head
roll on 3
put barrier under patient
person near chest clears spin
roll back
treat for shock
Also known as the Recovery Position
What is the Modified Haines position?