Trauma
What are the closed wounds?
Contusion
Hematoma
Closed crush injury
What is the difference between arterial and venous bleeding?
Arterial is under pressure
What areas of the body should we remove impailed objects?
Airway
Chest if it affects CPR
What is a contusion?
Breaking of blood vessels under closed skin
What is the difference between abrasion and laceration?
A: scrap
L: cut
What is the best way to stop bleeding?
Direct pressure
What is and what do we do for a flail chest?
Fractured ribs that allow free movement of fractured segment
Bulky dressing
What is an avulsion?
Tearing of the skin, flap of skin
What are the signs/symptoms of tension pneumothroax?
JVD, tracheal deviation, shock
Where do we place tourniquets?
Extremities, high and tight
What is the purpose of splinting?
Pain management, lessen damage, bleeding control
Describe how you would bandage a head injury.
Gauze, pressure, wrap
What is the systolic BP that indicates needing transported to a trauma center?
<90
What are the signs of Cushing Triad?
Increased BP, decreased HR, irregular respirations
What do we do for a open chest injury?
Occlusive dressing, flutter valve
How do we dress burns?
Dry, sterile dressing
What makes a multisystem trauma?
What is our major concern with burns to upper chest and neck?
Airway
What do we do for a neck injury?
Occlusive taped on all 4 sides
What is a distracting injury?
An injury that looks worse, but then we miss ABC and primary