Emt 15

Front 1

CNS

Back 1

brain and the spinal cord

Front 2

peripheral nervous system

Back 2

nerves located outside of brain and spinal cord

Front 3

voluntary nervous systme

Back 3

influences activities of voluntary (skeletal) muscles and movements of the body

Front 4

autonomic nervous system

Back 4

activities involuntary activities and glands includes para and sympathetic nervous system

Front 5

vertebrae disk

Back 5

between each vertebrae is a fluid filled pad of tough elastic cartilage called a disk that acts as a shock absorber

Front 6

spinal regions

Back 6

cervical-1-7 (most common cause of spinal cord injury)
thoracic-1-12
lumbar- 1-5
sacral-5 fused vertabrae that form rigid posterior portion of pelvis
coccyx- four fused that form lower end of spine

Front 7

spinal trauma

Back 7

compression-weight of body driven against head (falls, mvc, diving)
-flexion-fwd movement of head where chin meets chest
-extension-backward movement which neck is stretched, torso arched backward
-rotation-lateral movement of head or spine beyond normal rotation
-lateral bending- body or neck bent from side
-distraction-vertabrae and spinal cord stretched and pulled apart (hangings)
-penetration

Front 8

traumatic paralysis

Back 8

quadriplegia or tetraplegia- complete paralysis to entire body
-hemiplegia-loss of sensation to only one side of the body (more common in head injuries and stokes)
-paraplegia- lower half of the body(spinal damaged below cervical spine)

Front 9

pulse assess

Back 9

test radial in upper
pedal in lower

Front 10

motor assess

Back 10

flex your arms across chest
extend arms to side of body
-spread your fingers out and dont let me squeeze them together
-hold out both arms and dont let me push them down

lower-push down and then pull up on hands

Front 11

pain assess

Back 11

pinch the skin or poke with broken end of a q tip

Front 12

light touch assess

Back 12

close eyes, lightly touch finger on one hand then another ask him which finger or toe you are touching