Acute Care
What is the name of the first hour following emergency?
Golden Hour
What is an example of a mechanical defense of the body?
Skin, hair, nails
Whats the difference between HYPERthermia and HYPOthermia?
hyper= hot
Hypo= cold
What is the difference between AROM and PROM?
AROM = actively
PROM = passively
Mono, the spleen helps to fight disease and bacteria
What is a normal respiration rate?
12-15
Give 2 examples of a pathogen
bacteria, virus, parasites, fungi
what is the key difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke?
Body temp of 104 or higher for heat stroke
Give 3 possible history questions you can ask a patient
how did this happen? describe the pain? rate 1-10? have you hurt this before?
What is the purpose of the secondary survey?
Ruled out life threatening condition, Assess vital signs, gather info about injury, diagnosis
Define acquired immunity
Getting a shot
How long should you wait after lightning to return to play?
30 minutes
What does MOI stand for?
mechanism of injury
Describe how to treat someone in shock?
Maintain core temp, elevate legs, keep patient calm, remove onlookers, reassure the patient, do not give anything by mouth
touching a dirty inanimate object, breathing in airborne particle, touching or being bit by an animal
The flash to bang is 45 seconds. How far away is the lighting?
9 miles
high volt, IFC, pre mod, russian
Demonstrate a full round of CPR
What are the 5 stages of infection?
incubation, prodromal, acute, decline, and recovery
Define hyponatremia and give an example of how to help them?
low blood salt, electrolyes, gatorade
Describe how ultrasound works, and how it helps the body
sound waves create cell vibrations that generates heat, loosens muscle