continuation for health
Terms
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- Survey the Scene
- asking questions before doing
- Primary survey
- to check fro life threatening conditions *A=airway *B= breathing *C= circulation *s= servere bleeding
- heart attack
- part of heart muscle that has lost oxygen and nutrients and it dies- myocardial infrac.
- stroke
- caused be hemorrnaggin of arterioles in brain
- Emergency Action pricicples
- 1. Survey the scene 2. primary survey 3. call ems 4. secondary survey
- heat-related emergencies
- 1. heat cramp 2. heat exhaustion 3. heat stroke
- Burns
- First Degree, second degree, and third degree
- implied consent
- 1. unconcious 2. a child that does not have a legal guardian around 3. person is mentally ill 4. concious but unable to respond
- Call EMS
- giving the help the where abouts
- verbal consent
- when person is concious
- External wounds
- [apail]abrasions, punture, avulsions, incision, laceration
- atherosclerosis
- narrowing/hardening of arteries caused by plaque build up
- Bleeding types
- arterial, venous, capillary
- angina pectoris
- chest pain, cornary arteries have become hard
- consent
- permission to help someone
- edema
- fluid begins to accumulate in the tissues od body
- cold related emergencies
- 1. hypothermia 2. frost-bite
- Secondary survey
- [head to toe examination} only on life threatening conditions
- arteeriosclerosis
- hardening of art. walls thicken/ become stiff, blood flow reduced
- First aid for shock
- maintain normal body temp., reassure the victim, elevate legs about 12 inch, no food/drink, call ems asap
- Shock
- Dizziness, nausea, fatigue, weakness, thirst, scared, restless, weak and rapid pulse, cool, clammy skin, dialted pupils, pale skin