106 Fmf First Aid And Field Sanitation

Front 1

9 General First aid rules

Back 1

REMEMBER:
Organize Primary Limit Fractures Remove Comfortable Avoid Position Feet

Front 2

Sorting for Tactical Classes 1-4

Back 2

Class I: Walking wounded/MINOR injuries (Minor)
Class II: Require IMMEDIATE life sustaning measures (Immediate)
Class III: Definitive treatment can be DELAYED (Delayed)
Class IV: Needs extensive treatment (Expectant)

Front 3

Sorting for Non-Tactical Priority 1-4

Back 3

Priority I: Correctable life-threatening illnesses or injuries (Immediate)
Priority II: Serious but not life-threatening injuries.(delayed)
Priority III: Walking wounded/minor injuries (minimal)
Priority IV: Dead or fatally injured (expectant)

Front 4

What is the best way to control external bleeding?

Back 4

pressure dressing

Front 5

# of pressure points in the body

Back 5

22 (11 on each side)

Front 6

T/F always give medications for a head wound

Back 6

false

Front 7

T/F never push intestines back in the wound

Back 7

true

Front 8

closed fracture

Back 8

injury is entirely internal

Front 9

First degree burn

Back 9

- Epidermal layer
- Irratated, reddened and tingling
- Heals naturally within a week

Front 10

Second degree burn

Back 10

- Epidermal blisters
- Mottled appearence and red base
- Damage extends into dermis
- Heals within 2-3 weeks

Front 11

Third degree burn

Back 11

- Full thickness injury penertrating into muscle or fatty tissue.
- Tissues and nerves are destroyed.
- Healing will vary depending on the extent of burn
- May require skin graphs

Front 12

What is the most life threating heat injury

Back 12

Heat stroke temp usually at 105 degrees

Front 13

Hypothermia

Back 13

- General cooling of the body caused by exposure to low or rapidly falling tempertures
- Death occurs when core temp approaches 80 degrees
- Most effective method of warming is tub immersion between 100-105 degrees

Front 14

Describe the nine general first aid rules?

Back 14

• Get organized, remain calm, control the situation
• Conduct preliminary examination
• (Multi-victim situation) limit preliminary survey to ABC & major hemorrhaging
• Examine for fractures
• Remove enough clothing to examine
• Keep victim comfortable
• Avoid touching open wounds or burns with your fingers or unsterile objects
• Position unconscious or semiconscious victims on their side or back, with the head turned to the side (unless contraindicated)
• Carry litter patient feet first

Front 15

Define Triage and what are the two catagories of the two types of military triage?

Back 15

French word meaning "to sort"
The two types are
Tactical = Classes I-IV
Non-tactical = Priority I-IV

Front 16

Describe the four groups for sorting under tactical conditions;

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• CLASS I – Injuries requiring minor treatment and can be returned to duty in a short period of time
• CLASSII – Injuries requiring immediate life sustaining measures or are of moderate in nature, they require minimum amour of time, personnel and supplies
• CLASS III – Patients whom definitive treatment can be delayed without jeopardy to life or loss of limb
• CLASS IV – Injuries that would require extensive treatment beyond the immediate medical capabilities and would be a detriment to others

Front 17

Describe the four groups for sorting under nontactical conditions;

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• PRIORITY I – Patients with correctable life-threatening injuries i.e.; respiratory, open chest/abd wounds, femur fx, or critical/complicated burns
• PRIORITY II – Patients with serious but non life-threatening injuries i.e.; moderate blood loss, open/multiple fx, or eye injuries
• PRIORITY III – Patients with minor injuries i.e.; soft tissue, simple fx, or minor-moderate burns
• PRIORITY IV – Patients who are dead or fatally injuried i.e.; exposed brain matter, decapitation, and incineration

Front 18

What are some general sign of shock?

Back 18

• Restlessness, apprehension, followed by apathy
• Pupils dilated, glassy and dull
• Breathing may be rapid and labored, then becomes shallow and labored
• Skin is pale and feels cool and clammy, lips are cyanotic
• Pulse rapid, weak, and thready, 140 and above for hemorrhagic or below 60 in neurogenic shock
• Blood Pressure is low, systolic below 100

Front 19

Immersion Foot

Back 19

Prolonged exposure to wet cold from just above freezing to 50 *F
Tx= get off of feet, remove wet articles, expose to warm-dry air

Front 20

Frost bite

Back 20

Ice crystals form in the skin or deeper after exposure of a few min to several hours of temp of 32*F or lower
NEVER thaw if possibility of refreezing

Front 21

Tourniquet

Back 21

used as last resort applied as close to wound as practical.

Front 22

Iodine Tabs

Back 22

1 if clear
2 if cloudy
Place into canteen of water.
Replace cap Wait 5 min.
Shake canteen
loosen cap and tip over for leakage onto threads
tighten cap. Wait 25 min

Front 23

Calcium Hypoclorite

Back 23

Fill canteen with cleanest water
fill into canteen cup halfway
add 1 ampule and stir disolving powder
fill canteen cap half full of canteen cup solution
add to water in canteen and tighten cap. Shake.
lossen cap and tip for leakage over threads.
Tighten cap and wait 30 min

Front 24

Cat hole

Back 24

1 ft X 1 ft.
Used when on the march

Front 25

Straddle Trench

Back 25

4 ft long X 2 1/2 ft deep, X 1 ft wide
Used for 1-3 day bivouac

Front 26

Boiling Water

Back 26

Hold at rolling boil for minimum of 15 sec