Wounds and Bleeding
The type of fludid that can be used to irrigate a wound
What is drinking water (potable water)?
The type of shock resulting from life threatening bleeding
What is hypovolemic shock?
Fracture where a ligament or tendon pulls off a piece of bone from its attachment site.
What is an avulsion fracture?
patient transfer technique must be used when a patient is prone (face down) and needs to be placed onto a Spinal Motion Restriction (SMR)
What is the log roll?
The main goal of wound irrigation
What is he main goal of wound irrigation?
Stop present bleeding, provide fluids, keep patient warm
What are the main treatments for shock?
Temperature difference between extremities, loss of CSM, gross deformity, open fractures
what are red flags when treating fractures?
rescuer is in control of the scene and providing all instructions on patient movement
Who is the rescuer providing manual cervical inline stabilization?
What is a sign of life threatening bleeding?
Multiple organ failure
What is the final stage of shock?
Check CSM
What is something to check before and after placing a splint?
Fall to the head from a height greater than your own
What is a 'dangerous mechanism' for cervical spine injury?
sterile hemostatic gauze
What is the best material to pack a wound?
Pale & cyanotic skin, hypotension, tachypnea, tachycardia
What are signs and symptoms of shock?
Type of splint used to treat pelvic fractures
What is a pelvic sling?
Stabilization of the c-spine in neutral position
What is manual cervical in line stabilization?
Mark the time of tourniquet placement
What is the last step in tourniquet application?
Distributive Shock
What is a type of shock caused by a loss of vascular tone as a result of a neurologic injury
A fracture that is an incomplete break of a bone that resembles a break in a green twig of a tree.
What is a Greenstick fracture?
Numbness in extremities after significant trauma and point tenderness along the spines
What are considerations for SMR?