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Which muscle is under direct voluntary control of the brain?
Skeletal Muscle
Conversion of a liquid into gas
Evaporation
Abdominal or joint pain is often a prominent symptom of what?
Decompression sickness
You should splint before moving the patient unless
The patient is unstable
What nerve is found with the diaphram
Phrenic
What is hematemesis? What is it associated with?
Vomiting blood, GI Gastro
loss of body heat caused by air movement
Convection
Name the hollow organs
Stomach, Small intestines, Large intestines, ureters, and bladder
Heat loss from the body through respiration occurs when
Warm air is exhaled into the atmosphere
Heat Stroke occurs when?
When the body's heat eliminating mechanisms are overwhelmed
Hot, dry skin, seizures
Heat Stroke
Shallow breathing should be managed by
BVM
Immediate death from blunt chest trauma is most often the result of ?
Traumatic Aortic Rupture
How should you manage a flexed knee injury with severe pain?
Keep it flexed and secure it with padded board splints
Peritonitis usually occurs when
Hollow abdominal organs are damaged and spill their contents.
Rapid irregular pulse following blunt chest trauma is most suggestive of
Myocardial Contusion
frozen body tissues
Frost Bite
Breath Holding Syncope
A swimmer hyperventilates prior to entering the water.
Cover the area with a moist sterile dressing and secure it in place with a dry sterile bandage
Who has poor Thermoregulation
Infants and Children, Geriatrics
Especially newborns
1st sign other than pain you will see with blood accumulation in the abdomen
Distention
Supracondylar or intracondylar fracture is also know as a fracture of the
distal humerus
What system id the venom of a black widow spider toxic to?
Nervous System
Treatment for a patient in Mild Hypothermia
Heat packs, Cover with blankets, remove cold wet clothing, and avoid rough handling
S/S of Cardiac Tamponade
Beck Triad
Distended Jugular Veins
Narrowing pulse pressure
Muffled Heart Sounds
Most commonly fractured bone
Clavicle
Skeletal Muscle is also known as
Striated
Positive indicators of a fracture
Crepitus and False Motion
What is a Fracture?
A break in the continuity of the bone
The Mesentery is
Why do we apply ice and elevate and injury
To reduce pain and swelling
Where is a epiphyseal fracture located
The growth plate of a child's bone
Describe a Black Widow Spider
A Red-Orange Hourglass on its abdomen
Flail Chest
A segment of the chest wall detatched from the thoracic cage. 2 or more ribs are broken in 2 or more places
What is an Open Pneumothorax
An open chest wound that air moves during breathing.