M.O.I. - Mechanism of Injury, cars, falls and so forth.
What do you typically set oxygen to? - 15L/M
How to open airway for a trauma victim? - chin elevate/jaw thrust
apneic - not breathing
N.O.I - nature of infection
AVPU - Alert, verbal/vocal, pain, subconscious
pores and skin CTC - coloration,temperature, condition (regular is heat,red and dry)
hypoperfusion - Shock.... Reduced shipping of oxygen and vitamins to cells)
OPQRST - for situations occuring right now (scientific) Onset, Provocation, nice,radiation,
severity, time
Onset - What had been you doing while this came about? Did it show up abruptly or
progressively? Should ...... Have prompted this?
Provocation - What makes your ache feel better or worse? Does it harm whilst you do
.........?
High-quality - How could you describe your ache? What does your ache feel like?
Radiation - Where does it harm the most? Is it staying in a single spot? Where become it
whilst the pain commenced
severity - on scale of 1 to ten how bad is your pain?
Time - how long has it been for the reason that pain started out?
Signs and symptoms as opposed to symptoms - symptoms: something you see
signs: some thing they inform you
nitroglycerin - vasodilation of coronary arteries
What is first precedence after non-public safety? - affected person care
brady (root) - beneath everyday, gradual
,tachy (root) - above everyday, speedy
tachypnea - speedy respiration
plegia - paralysis of the limbs quadraplegia (four limbs) quad=four
bilateral - both aspects
dorsal/ventral - dorsal: back of body
ventral: front of body
palmar/plantar - palmar: palm of the hand
plantar: sole of the foot
where to vicinity stethescope for lung sounds? - mid-clavicular lines
fowler function - sitting up
integumentary gadget - bureaucracy protective barrier and aids in temperature regulation
(skin, hair, nails and sweat glands)
zygomatic - bones that form the structure of the cheeks
proximate reason - whilst what you probably did triggered in addition harm.
Why might you operate an emergency flow? - scene is dangerous, you ought to get to other
patients, care of lifestyles threatening accidents calls for repositioning
while to apply a pressing flow? - whilst sufferers situation is declining: backboarding,
disposing of from a car etc.
What side ought to you roll recovery position? - left side
malleolus - ankle bone
c1 and c2 - atlas and axis
How many overall vertebrae? - 33
quantities of cranium - frontal, occipital, temporal, parietal (sides)
calcaneous - heel bone
regular respiratory charge for kids and babies - c: 15-30 I: 25-50
two predominant bones of the pelvis - ilium (superior and widest) and ischium
epiglottis - shape that forestalls foreign matter from entering the trachea
, larynx - voice box
bronchi - two large branches that come off the trachea
diaphragm - muscular shape that divides the chest from the abdomen
ventalation vs breathing - ventilation is transferring gases among inhaled air and blood,
respiration is the transferring of oxygen between blood and cells
what's the muscle of the heart? - myocardium
what's the pacemaker of the coronary heart - sinoatrial node (SA node)
exceptions to the veins= oxygen bad and arteries= oxygen wealthy rule - the pulmonary
artery and pulmonary veins
liver - produces bile, detoxifying
gallbladder - stores bile from the liver
kidney - filters blood and produces urine
ureters - tubes connection kidney to the bladder
epididymis - shops sperm
carpals - wrist bones
patent airway= - open airway
minute quantity - tidal quantity*resiratory rate
hydrostatic stress - pushing of fluid out of the blood vessels
systemic vascular resistance (SVR) - stress that the heart must triumph over to pump blood
into a particular system
stroke volume - amount of blood ejected from the heart with one contraction
V/Q fit - ventilation perfusion healthy, finest exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
edema - swelling, whilst water movements into the interstitial area
meningines - protecting layers of the mind and spinal chord
graves disease - overproduction of thyroid hormone
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