Trauma fisdap stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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...

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 r...

54 yom struck in neck with a large steel pipe. he is having increased difficulty, blood is accumulating in airway, subcutaneous emphysema near sternal notch what should you suspect - ANSWER laryngeal fracture during Ift multi system trauma pt begins oozing blood from wounds and venipuncture sites suspect - ANSWER DIC initial compensatory baroreceptor reflex mechanism during hemorrhage will: - ANSWER increase stroke volume and cardiac output disruption in balance of procoagulants, inhibi...

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 ...