Wilderness First Aid

Front 1

<b>MOI</b> means...

Back 1

<b>Mechanism Of Injury</b> (<i>ie,</i> how the injury probably occurred)

Front 2

What steps to take? (4)

Back 2

<ul>
<li>scene assessment</li>
<li>primary survey</li>
<li>secondary survey</li>
<li>treatment</li>
</ul>

Front 3

Steps of <b>scene assesment</b> (6)

Back 3

<ul>
<li>scene safety</li>
<li>how many patients?</li>
<li>need additional resources?</li>
<li>BSI (<i>ie,</i> gloves)</li>
<li>general impression of patient</li>
<li>obtain consent to treat</li>
</ul>

Front 4

Steps of <b>primary survey</b> (6)

Back 4

<b>c-spine?</b> then ABCDE:

<ul>
<li><b>Airway:</b> spit out anything in the mouth</li>
<li><b>Breathing:</b> feel ribs (upper, lower, and sternum)</li>
<li><b>Circulation:</b> major bleeding? look on gloves for blood</li>
<li>Mental <b>Disability:</b> check MOI for spine and LOC via A&Ox4</li>
<li><b>Environment:</b> mediate cold or heat, etc</li>
</ul>

Front 5

<b>BSI</b> means...

Back 5

<b>Body Substance Isolation</b> (<i>eg,</i> gloves)

Front 6

<b>LOC</b> means...

Back 6

<b>Level Of Consciousness</b>, measured by AVPU or A&Ox4

Front 7

<b>AVPU</b> means...

Back 7

<ul>
<li><b>Alert:</b> evaluate further with A&Ox4</li>
<li><b>Verbal:</b> responds to talking, but is not alert</li>
<li><b>Pain:</b> responds to painful stimulus, but not verbal</li>
<li><b>Unconscious:</b> doesn't even respond to pain</li>
</ul>

Front 8

<b>A&Ox4</b> means...

Back 8

<b>Alert and Oriented</b>, able to answer all 4 questions:

<ol>
<li><b>Person:</b> What's your name?</li>
<li><b>Place:</b> Do you know where you are?</li>
<li><b>Time:</b> Do you know what time it is?</li>
<li><b>Event:</b> What happened?</li>
</ul>

If they can only answer the first two, they are only A&Ox2, for example.