Trauma Time!
Bright red, spurting blood.
What is Arterial bleeding?
Cold, clammy skin, diaphoresis, altered mental status, nausea and vomiting.
What are the signs and symptoms of shock?
Can carry Lyme Disease.
What is a Deer tick?
All spiders are __________.
What is venomous?
It's the normal body temperature.
What is 98.6 F?
Do not replace organ(s), apply an occlusive dressing and bulky trauma dressings.
How do you treat an evisceration?
The last vital sign to change in response to shock.
What is blood pressure?
*DAILY DOUBLE*
It's why ticks can bite you and you don't feel it.
What is their saliva has an anesthetic quality?
This spider causes a bite that can be painless initially but creates a sore that will not heal on it's own.
What is a Brown Recluse Spider?
It's the minimum body temperature considered to be hypothermia.
What is 95 F?
Used when bleeding will not stop from direct pressure/pressure bandage.
When do you use a tourniquet?
Shock caused by an allergic reaction.
What is anaphylactic shock?
They carry their venom in sacs behind their nostrils.
What is a pit viper snake (rattlesnake, cottonmouth, etc)?
What is a Black Widow?
It's how your body instinctively rewarms itself.
What is shivering?
Used to treat a suspected femur fracture.
What is a traction splint?
The type of shock caused by loss of blood volume.
What is hemorrhagic shock?
The Coral Snake gets it's venom in you by _______.
What is gnawing or biting you with teeth?
A spider that is rather fast, small, found around a lot of homes yet is typically not aggressive is the _______.
What is the Wolf Spider?
A patient having this will present with hot, flushed, dry skin, and changes in LOC.
What is heat stroke?
To immobilize the joint above and below.
What is the proper method of splinting?
The minimum shock BP threshold.
What is 90 systolic (90/50)
This type of small creature creates a bite that burns painfully.
What is a fire ant?
The tell-tale markings on a Brown Recluse spider look like a __________________ .
What is a Violin or Fiddle on it's back?
It's the combination of ambient air temperature and humidity.
What is the heat index?