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22 Cards in this Set
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Cells in the brain,spinal cord and heart cannot tolerate a lack of blood for more than? |
A few minutes |
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The heart is a solid or hollow muscular organ? |
Hollow |
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Blood contains red cells white cells platelets and a liquid called ___ |
Plasma |
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The heart is under control of the _________ _________ ______ |
Autonomic nervous system |
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True or false The cells of the central nervous system can regenerate? |
Falseeee |
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The body will not tolerate a acute blood loss of greater than ____% of blood volume. |
20 |
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If it spurts and is bright red blood it is a _____ bleeding |
Arterial |
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Blood from a vein is darker and flows _____ |
Slowly |
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Hemophilia |
A congenital condition in which a patient lacks one or more of the bloods clotting factors |
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A broken femur can easily result in the loss of 1 L or more of blood into the soft tissue T or f |
True |
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The first sign of hypovolemic shock is |
A change in mental status |
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A secondary assessment should include a _______ _______ ______ ____ |
Systematic full body scan |
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A systolic blood pressure of less than ___ mm Hg with a weak rapid pulse should suggest to you the presence of hypo perfusion in a patient who may have significant bleeding |
100mm Hg |
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For bleeding control hold uninterrupted pressure for at least _ minutes ? |
5 minutes |
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Elevate a bleeding extremity by as little as _? Inches |
6 inches |
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Never elevate an open fracture to control bleeding true or false? |
True |
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Never elevate an open fracture to control bleeding true or false? |
True |
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Elevating a fracture after splint in nay help control bleeding? True or false |
True |
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Air splints can control internal and___ bleeding |
External bleeding |
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Several conditions can result in bleeding from the nose ears and or mouth what can they be? |
Skull fracture ,facial injuries, sinusitis infections,high blood pressure |
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Bleeding from the nose or ears following a head injury may indicate a skull fracture.in these cases you should not ? |
You should not attempt to stop the blood flow. This bleeding may be difficult to control.excessive pressure to the injury may cause blood from the nose or ears to collect with in the head. |
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If you suspect a skull fracture, loosely cover the bleeding site with a sterile gauze pad to collect the blood and help keep ________ away from the site |
Contaminants |
