Acronyms & Mnemonics
AVPU
Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive
Ratio of compressions to breaths
30:2
Facial droop, slurred speech, unbalanced, arm drift
Stroke
Why do we put victims in recovery position
Allow vomit to drain
2 types/severity of bleeding
Arterial and venous
SAMPLE
Signs&Symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Past medical history, Last ins&outs, Events Prior
When saving a drowning victim what changes about CPR
Start with breaths
hot, red, waxy, blistering skin
partial thickness burn
What do you do if a wound bleeds through dressings
Apply more dressings on top/ apply a tourniquet (not for evisceration or sucking chest wound
What do you do with amputated body parts
Put in bag put bag in cold water (not ice)
RICE
Rest, Immobilize, Cold, Elevate
Where do you place the AED pads on an infant or small child
Front and back
Confused, pale cold clammy skin, restless, shallow rapid breathing, Tachycardia, low urine output
Shock
What is the acronym used to treat shock
WARTS
What is a compound/open fracture
Bone protrudes through skin
5 Vitals
Heart rate, Resp. rate, Skin (colour, temp. texture), Pupils, LOC/LOA
If the first breath does not go in for a choking victim what should you do
Re-adjust airway and give another breath
decreased LOC, fruity smelling breath, Facial droop, appears intoxicated (not intoxicated)
Diabetes
Treatment for electrical burn
look for entry/exit wound, apply dry sterile dressing
Type of dressing to put on a sucking chest wound
occlusive
Right: Person, Medication, Route, Dose, Time
Name one shockable heart rhythm
Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib) or pulseless V-tach
Temporary Chest pain caused by exercise
Angina
Treatment for heat stroke
Remove from environment, Give water if able to drink, apply ice packs to back of neck, armpits, and groin
How to treat organs coming out of abdomen
cover with moist sterile dressing