What do we do???
Open Wound Management
I cant stop the blood, what do I do next?
PEACE
LOVE
100
ACL Tear
Standard acute care with physician referral
100
What should be done first when dealing with an open wound?
Put on gloves
100
Indirect pressure then...
Tourniquet
100
C
Compression
100
O
Optimism
200
Radius fracture
Standard acute care with immediate refferal
200
When trying to control bleeding, if direct pressure, elevation, and indirect pressure are all not enough, what should we try next?
Tourniquet
200
Put on gloves then...
Direct Pressure
200
P
Protect
200
L
Load
300
Ankle Sprain
Standard acute care with no referral
300
If the blood has soaked through the gauze applied to a wound, what should be done?
Add more gauze (without removing old gauze)
300
Direct Pressure and then...
Elevate
300
A
Avoid Anti Inflammitories
300
E
Exercise
400
Fractured cervical spine
Call EMS
400
When cleaning an open wound with soap and water, what size area compared to the wound should be cleaned
twice the size
400
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Blake Bortles
400
First E
Elevate
400
V
Vascularization
500
Shoulder dislocation (reduced already)
Standard acute care with physician referral
500
How many hours can a tourniquet be left on before causing nerve damage?
4
500
Elevate and then...
Indirect Pressure
500
2nd E
Educate
500
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