Bend Me, Shape Me
What connects Muscles to Bones?
What is Tendons.
How many bones are in the human body?
What is 206.
What must always be checked in an injured limb or before and after splinting?
What is Pulse, Motor and Sensory or also know as (CSM) circulation, Sensory, Motor).
What is a fracture?
What is a broken bone.
Equipment needed to treat an open chest wound?
What is an occlusive dressing.
Where does movement occur in the body?
What is the joints.
What connects bones to bones?
What is Ligaments. The best treatment for sprains of the ankle is RICE, Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation if you are treating yourself at home. In EMS even sprains are treated like a fracture. Ice is always nice for pain, but place protection over the skin, especially if using chemical ice packs.
What should be immobilized when splinting?
What is the joint above and below the injury.
What is the difference between open and closed fractures?
What is broken skin, what is skin is intact.
C.I.D. stands for what?
Cervical Immobilization Device
When should you splint and injury?
What is before moving a patient if there are no life threats.
What does a deformity in the extremity usually indicate?
What is a possible fracture or dislocation.
What has fractured for a flail chest to occur?
What is multiple rib fractures. Causing abnormal movement of chest segment.
Why are open fractures dangerous?
What is the risk of infection from contamination.
Team "rolling" technique to move a patient on to a backboard?
What is the log roll technique
Pain, Swelling, Bruising, Deformity, Inability to move and tenders are common signs of what?
What is common signs of Musculoskeletal Injury.
What symptom may indicate nerve damage?
What is tingling or numbness. (In joint injuries, you may lose a pulse. Give it the 5 P Test: Pain, Pallor, Paralysis, Pulse, Paresis). You can also have nerve damage with a fracture, especially the Humerus.
First stabilize what part of the body when dealing with unconscious trauma patient?
What is the cervical spine.
What is the difference between a strain and a sprain?
What is a strain of the muscle, what is a sprain of the ligaments surrounding the joint.
When using suction, how long do you suction on the way out of the mouth?
What is 10 to 15 seconds
Support, Protection, Movement, and Red Blood Cell Production are the functions of what system?
What is: The Skeletal System
Why are 3 main reasons for splinting?
What is: Reduces pain, prevents a closed fracture from becoming an open one or other injuries, controls bleeding.
Mechanism of injury (MOI) is helpful in determining what?
What are possible injuries and their severity.
Direct, Indirect and Twisting Force are what type of mechanism?
What is Mechanism of Injury.
When is a traction splint appropriate?
What is during an isolated femur fracture.