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16 Cards in this Set
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What are the three general first aid rules that HMs should follow in any emergency? |
*Maintain breathing *Stop bleeding/ maintain circulation *Prevent of treat for shock |
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The process of quickly assessing patients in multiple-casualty incident and assigning patients priority is referred to as what? |
Triage |
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In the military, how many types of triage are there and what are they called? |
2; Tactical and Non-tactical |
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How many priorities or basic classes are there in the sorting of civilians or non-tactical situations? |
4 |
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Non-tactical casualties whose injuries are critical but who will require only minimal time or equipment to manage and who have a good prognosis for survival in placed in what category? |
Priority I- Immediate (Compromised airway or massive external hemorrhage, heat stroke) |
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In which category do you place a non-tactical casualty whose injuries are so severe that they have only minimal chance of survival? |
Priority IV- Expectant (90% full thickness burn and thermal pulmonary injury) |
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Non-tactical Casualties whose injuries are debilitating but who do not require immediate management to salvage life or limb are placed in what category? |
Priority II- Delayed (long bone fracture, penetrating, head, neck, chest, psychosis, fracture of dislocation causing circulatory compromise) |
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ln a non-tactical situation, what category is a casualty with minor injuries that can wait for treatment or who may even assist by comforting other casualties placed in? |
Priority III- Minor (Frostbite, sprains/strains, minor head injury) |
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Priority V in non-tactical situation means the casualty is what? |
Dead (Unresponsive, pulseless, breathless) |
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To open the airway, what method should NOT be used if spinal injury is suspected? |
Head-tilt/chin-lift maneuver |
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If spinal injury is suspected in a casualty, what is the appropriate method used to open the airway? |
Jaw-thrust maneuver |
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Why is suctioning for more than 15 seconds for adults, 10 seconds for children, and 5 seconds for infants not recommended? |
Longer periods of suctioning may cause oxygen deprivation and subsequent hypoxic injury to the brain |
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What condition may result from too little sugar in the blood (hypoglycemia)? |
Insulin Shock |
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Injuries to the ligaments or soft tissues that support a joint are referred to as what? |
Sprains |
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Injuries caused by the forcible overstretching or tearing of muscles or tendons are known as what? |
Strains |
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What is the most common condition caused by working or exercising in hot environments? |
Heat exhaustion |
