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FISDAP TRAUMAEMTb Exam
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Denning [Date] [Course title]
,When to apply tourniquet - Answer: When direct pressure and all other bleeding control methods have
failed, apply tourniquet.
Tourniquet Placement - Answer: Place tourniquet approximately 2 inches above the wound. Used on
extremity injuries only.
Jaw Thrust Manuever - Answer: Opening the airway of patient with suspected spinal injury, use Jaw
Thrust Maneuver.
Used in trauma to neck, head, or spinal injury.
Crepitus - Answer: A grinding sensation caused by fractured bone ends or joints rubbing together.
Referred Pain - Answer: Pain felt in a place other than where the pain originated.
External Bleeding Control - Answer: Most common and effective way to control external bleeding is
Direct Pressure.
External Bleeding Care - Answer: *Direct pressure on wound
*Elevate wound.
*Pressure dressing with direct pressure.
*Tourniquet if direct pressure has not stopped bleeding.
*Apply oxygen, maintain airway, care for shock.
Ecchymosis - Answer: Bruise, contusion.
A discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding.
3 Types of External Bleeding - Answer: Arterial Bleeding (Arteries)
Venous Bleeding (Veins)
Capillary Bleeding (Capillaries)
,Arterial Bleeding - Answer: Spitting blood
Bright red color
Pulsating flow
Venous Bleeding - Answer: Dark red color
Steady, slow flow
Capillary Bleeding - Answer: Slow, even flow
Oozing
Scalp Injury Care - Answer: Control scalp bleeding by applying direct pressure. Dress and bandage as
you would other soft tissue injuries.
Bone fragments showing,
Contusion - Answer: A bruised brain, or brain contusion.
Concussion - Answer: Force against the brain from hitting the skull.
Patient hits their head, or struck by blunt object.
Open Chest Wound - Answer: Chest wall is penetrated, skin is broken.
Example: A Bullet or knife
Open Chest Wound Care - Answer: *Apply 3 sided occlusive dressing
*Maintain open airway
*High concentration of oxygen 15 LPM
, *Care for shock
Rapid transport
Pneumothorax - Answer: Air in the chest cavity, possibly causing collapse of a lung.
Tension Pneumothorax - Answer: A type of pneumothorax in which air that enters the chest cavity is
prevented from escaping.
Most often found in a closed chest injury, or after a sealed occlusive dressing has been applied to an
open chest wound.
Pneumothorax Signs and Symptoms - Answer: Diminished or absent lung sounds on the affected side.
Tension Pneumothorax Signs and Symptoms - Answer: Jugular Vein Distention
Signs of shock
Spine Injury Suspected - Answer: Whenever skull or brain injury is suspected, suspect spine injury.
Flail Chest - Answer: Closed chest injury. Defined as a fracture of two or more consecutive ribs in two or
more places.
Head Tilt-Chin Lift - Answer: Tilting the head and lifting the chin back, free passage of air. Correcting
blockage of the airway.
Used when no trauma or injury is suspected.
Sucking Chest Wound
Signs and Symptoms - Answer: *Patient has open wound to the chest
*Patient gasping for air
Each time patient breaths, air sucked into the opening
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