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ATLS (Ch 1-3: Initial
Assessment/Management, Airway,
Shock)
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A Class ___ Hemorrhage represents with smallest volume of blood loss that is
consistently associated with a drop in systolic BP - -III

A patient with inadequate perfusion, marked tachycardia and tachypnea,

✅✅
significant mental status change, and a measurable fall in systolic BP most
likely has a Class __ hemorrhage - -III or IV - almost always require
blood transfusion
1st priority is stopping the hemorrhage

Adult patients should maintain UOP of at least: - ✅✅-0.5 mL/kg/hr, kids 1.0
mL/kg/hr

AMPLE patients history - ✅✅-Allergies
Medications
PMH/Pregnancy
Last oral intake
Events/environment of injury


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Any patient who is cool and tachycardic is considered to be in __ until proven
otherwise - -In shock


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Approximately __% of body's total blood volume is located in venous circuit -
-70%


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Blood on the floor + 4 more is a mnemonic for blood loss where? -
-Chest, pelvic, retroperitoneum (pelvis), thigh (femur)


✅✅
Blood volume of obese person is calculated based upon their __ body weight -
-ideal body weight


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Bougies are typically inserted blindly, how do you know you're in the trachea
and not esophagus? - -Clicks as distal tip rubs against tracheal rings, or
will deviate R or L when entering bronchus (usually at 50 cm)

, Calculate total blood volume in adult - ✅✅-70 mL per kg of body weight
70 kg = 5 L of circulating blood (70x70 = 4900)

Calculate total blood volume in child - ✅✅-Body weight in kg x 80-90 mL
✅✅
Can a patient breathe on their own after complete cervical cord transection? -
-Yes if phrenic nerves (C3-C5) are spared - this will result in abdominal
breathing, intercostal muscles will be paralyzed though.

Can isolated intracranial injuries cause neurogenic shock? - ✅✅-NO
Can you use an OPA in a conscious patient? - ✅✅-No, gag reflex would
make them vomit


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Compensatory mechanisms may preclude a measurable fall in systolic BP up
until __% of patients blood volume is lost. - -up to 30%

Cricoid cartilage is only circumferential support for upper trachea in kids,

✅✅
therefore surgical cric not recommended in kids under the age of __ -
-12 yo

Definition of tachycardia depends on the patient's age. What HR is considered

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tachycardic for infants, toddlers/preschoolers, school age/prepubescent,
adults? - -Infants >160
Toddlers/preschool >140
School age >120
Adults >100

Each mL of blood loss should be replaced with __ mL of crystalloid, thus

✅✅
allowing for replacement of plasma volume lost into interstitial and intracellular
spaces - -3 mL


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Elderly patients have a limited ability to __ to compensate for blood loss. -
-Increase HR

Elderly patients may not exhibit tachycardia in response to hypovolemia

✅✅
because of limited cardiac response to catecholamines. Why else? -
-Beta blocker or pacemaker

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