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15 Cards in this Set
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Cheyne-Stokes
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abnormal ventilations
describe? |
a repeating cycle of slow shallow breaths that become deeper and more rapid and then return to slow, may have apnea between cycles
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Cushing's phenomenon
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Hypertension, Bradycardia, abnormal respirations
cause? |
ominous combination of greatly increased arterial blood pressure and the resultant bradycardia that can occur with severely increased ICP
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Epidural Hematoma
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rapid decrease in LOC
cause? |
arterial bleed outside dura, often resulting from a low velocity blow to temporal bone, such as punch or baseball
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Subdural Hematoma
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slow onset
cause? |
venous bleed inside dura
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Glascow Coma Scale
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Eye, Verbal, Motor = 4, 5, 6
(details on other cards) range? intubate criteria? |
range 3 to 15
if GCS <= 8, intubate |
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Bag rate for PHTLS?
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every 6 seconds
compare to normal respiration? |
10 compared to 12-20
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TBI
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Traumatic Brain Injury
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% ejected that die?
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75%
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critical fall height
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3 X height of person
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blood loss % before BP drops?
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30-40%
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5 steps of patient assessment?
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1 Size-up
2 Initial assessment ------------------------------------ 3 Focused // Physical exam 4 Detailed physical Exam 5 Ongoing assessment |
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Size-up
Number? List? |
1 BSI *
2 Safety/Hazards 3 MOI 4 # of patients 5 Resources 6 C-spine * |
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Initial Assessment
Number? List? |
1 General Impression
2 C/O 3 LOC (Disability) 4 A 5 B - O2 * 6 C 7 Life threatening injuries 8 Priority |
C/O = Complaining Of
A = Airway B - O = Breathing, Oxygen C = Circulation |
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Focused // Physical Exam - Trauma
number? list? |
MOI, Significant?
Focus Assess // RTA Vitals SAMPLE Transport |
MOI = Mechanism Of Injury
If insignificant then Focus Assess if SIGNIFICANT then RTA RTA = Rapid Trauma Assessment |
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SAMPLE history
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Signs/Symptoms
Allergies Medications Past medical and surgical history Last meal Events leading to injury |
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