Stop It
Direct pressure
What is the first thing you do to control bleeding
20% or two pints
How much blood loss can a body stand before shock results
Hematoma
What is a collection of blood outside a blood vessel
Tourniquet
What is a device that can be placed between the wound and the heart that will stop blood flow
Epistaxis
Pinch nose, tilt head down, apply ice, vasoconstrictor
Bandage
What is placed over the wound
Oozing blood
What is capillary bleeding
Hemoptysis
What is blood in the sputum
Junctional tourniquet
Allow compression of a bleeding area where standard tourniquets can't be used, such as the groin or axilla
Pelvic fracture
Use a pelivic binder that will squeeze the pelvis together and stabilize it to reduce bleeding
Dressing
What is placed over the bandage
Hemophilia
What does a patient who lacks one or more of the blood clotting factors have
Hematuria
What is blood in the urine
Wound packing
What is the process of pressing bandages into a wound to stop bleeding
Bleeding from the ear
Apply a 4x4 and loosely tape to the ear
A blood component that causes clotting
What are platelets
DCAP-BTLS
What are deformities, contusions, abrasions, punctures, burns, tenderness, laceration, and swelling
Hyphema
What is blood in the front chamber of the eye between the corena and iris
Hemostatic dressing
What are bandages that are placed on a wound that contain chemicals that cause clotting
Amputation
Wrap the part in a dry sterile guase, put it into a bag, label it, and keep it cool
The nervous system that automatically redirects blood to heart, brain, lungs, and kidney's in an emergency
What is the autonomic nervous system
Bleeding ulcers, bleeding from the colon, ruptured ectopic pregnancy, aneurysms
What are some illnesses that can cause internal bleedingg
Hematemesis
What is blood in the vomit
Occlusive dressing
What is on permeable bandage that can be placed over a wound that will not let air in
GS wound on the upper chest
We need to seal it with 3 3-cornered occlusive dressing