Both in a Tactical and Non tactical setting, this French word means "to sort"
What is Triage?
Anyone participating in military operations or activities
What is a Combatant?
This technique should not be used in suspected spinal injury
What is the Head/tilt Chin lift?
Septic shock take this long to develop
What are 5 to 7 days?
When _______ a patient, never exceed more than
15 seconds on Adults
10 seconds on Children
5 seconds on Infants
What is suctioning?
FOUR BASIC PRIORITIES OF NON TACTICAL TRIAGE
Priority 1 - Immediate: Critical injuries w/ good prognosis
Priority II - Delayed: debilitating injuries, but do not require immediate management to salvage life or limb
Priority III -Minor: walking wounded
Priority IV - Expectant: minimal chance of survival
Priority V - Dead
What are the Tactical Triage Priorities?
Immediate : lifesaving surgery, high chance of survival ability
Delayed: Wounded badly in need of time consuming surgery, permits delay in surgical
Minimal: relatively minor injuries
Expectant: extensive wounds, survivability unlikely
What wounds are torn rather than cut?
What are Lacerations?
The term used for rattling sound heard in the chest
What are Rales?
This type of wound is the tearing away of tissue from a body part
What are Avulsions?
Suture removal for the face is how many days
What are 4 to 5 days?
The result of blood pooling in dilated veins which reduces the amount of blood being pumped to the brain
What is syncope?
The average adult body contains how many liters of blood
What are 5 to 6 liters?
The most effective of all pain relieving drugs
What is morphine?
Suture removal for the soles, palms, and back are how many days
What are 10 days?
Type of shock that occurs when blood vessels dilate without a proportional increase in fluid volume
What is distributive or Vasogenic shock?
Type of distributive shock caused by failure of the nervous system to control the diameter of blood vessels
What is Neurogenic Shock?
Type of distributive shock caused by the presence of severe infection which leads to vasodilation
What is Septic Shock?
Type of shock caused by the heart failing to pump blood adequately to all vital parts of the body
What is Cardiogenic shock?
Type of shock with a loss of intravascular volume of blood, plasma or fluid loss
What is Hypovolemic or Hemorrhagic Shock?
At what stage of shock is the blood pressure maintained, there is narrowing of the pulse and treatment will typically result in recovery
What is compensated?
What stage of shock does the blood pressure fall because blood volume has dropped 15% to 25%, treatment at this stage will sometimes result in recovery
What is decompensated?
What is uncontrolled hemorrhage?
The brain can go without oxygen for this long before permanent damage or death results
What are 4 to 6 minutes?
What are convulsions/seizures?