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Patient involved in a car crash. Has a lacerated tongue , is responsive to painful stimuli, has a low BP, High HR, shock symptoms, respirations are fast and shallow. What do you do first? - Answer Clear the airway and suction Patient has a head injury from a brick. He is moaning, has unequal pupils, high BP, low HR. What condition is the patient presenting? - Answer Cerebra Herniation Note: Cushing's Triad You are splint a deformed humerus. You notice no distal pulse. What do you do next...

If you see a cracked windshield in a MVC... what will the pt represent with? - Answer Bruised or lacerated head or face. Brain injury, *cervical spine injury (always until proven otherwise), tracheal injury. If you see a deformed steering column in a MVC... what will the pt represent with? - Answer Bruised neck, bruised chest. Sternal or rib fracture, flail chest, myocardial contusion, *pericardial tamponade, pneumo/hemothorax, aortic tear. If you see a deformed dashboard in a MVC... what ...

A 56 yr old male complains of tearing chest pain that radiates to his back. He was the restrained driver involved in a car-crash at high-way speeds. What should your secondary assessment include? - ANSWER Bilateral upper extermity blood pressures A 34 yr old male has a fractured left elbow and his arm is cyanotic and pulse less. What should you do. - ANSWER Align with gentle traction until restiance is met. A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the lower left quadrant. He was minor bleeding from...

Patient involved in a car crash. Has a lacerated tongue , is responsive to painful stimuli, has a low BP, High HR, shock symptoms, respirations are fast and shallow. What do you do first? - ANSWER Clear the airway and suction Patient has a head injury from a brick. He is moaning, has unequal pupils, high BP, low HR. What condition is the patient presenting? - ANSWER Cerebra Herniation Note: Cushing's Triad You are splint a deformed humerus. You notice no distal pulse. What do you do next...

A 56 yr old male complains of tearing chest pain that radiates to his back. He was the restrained driver involved in a car-crash at high-way speeds. What should your secondary assessment include? - ANSWER Bilateral upper extermity blood pressures A 34 yr old male has a fractured left elbow and his arm is cyanotic and pulse less. What should you do. - ANSWER Align with gentle traction until restiance is met. A 23 yr old male was stabbed in the lower left quadrant. He was minor bleeding from...

Assessment for a non-life-threatening injury - Answer stay on scene right upper quadrant - Answer liver, gallbladder right lower quadrant - Answer appendix, ascending colon left upper quadrant - Answer stomach, spleen, small intestine left lower quadrant - Answer descending colon - Answer signs and symptoms of a cardiac contusion - Answer chest pain, blunt trauma to chest, tachycardia, irregular pulse Signs and symptoms of a tension pneumothorax - Answer shortness of breat...

Assessment of a tension pneumothorax - Answer diminished or absent lung sounds on affected side, JVD, signs of shock, trachea may shift, Assessment of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) - Answer patients will feel groggy and a headache is common, quick loss of consciousness, loss of memory surrounding the event, sluggish, difficulty concentrating, feeling not right, slurred speech, headache, nausea, blurred or disrupted vision, sensitivity to light or loud noises Identify and treat hypovolemic...

A 53 year old female is hit by a car. Unresponsive w/ deformity to the left femur and pelvic instability. Diminished lung sounds on L side. You should? - Answer Immobilize long backboard A 28 y/o male, blunt trauma to R anterior chest. Pale cool, diaphoretic, and responsive to verbal. R 38 and shallow with paradoxical movement What should you do? - Answer O2 with positive pressure ventilations What is the most likely cause of periorbital ecchymosis? - Answer Basilar skull fracture A 30y...

Patient involved in a car crash. Facial injuries, responsive to painful stimuli, low BP, high HR, shock symptoms, respirations fast and shallow. What do you do first? - Answer Clear airway and suction Patient has a head injury from a brick. Moaning, unequal pupils, high BP, low HR. What condition is the patient presenting? - Answer Cerebral herniation (ICP, Cushing's Triad) How do you handle an arterial bleeding from a forearm location? - Answer Tourniquet You are splinting a deforme...

If you see a cracked windshield in a MVC... what will the pt represent with? - ANSWER Bruised or lacerated head or face. Brain injury, *cervical spine injury (always until proven otherwise), tracheal injury. If you see a deformed steering column in a MVC... what will the pt represent with? - ANSWER Bruised neck, bruised chest. Sternal or rib fracture, flail chest, myocardial contusion, *pericardial tamponade, pneumo/hemothorax, aortic tear. If you see a deformed dashboard in a MVC... what ...