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Indications for Hyperthermia |
Core Body >40 |
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CNS involvement? |
Heat Stroke vs. Heat Exhaustion |
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Heat Cramps |
Involuntary muscle spasm, Calves arm, and muscle and back |
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Heat Exhaustion |
Heavy sweating, faint fatigue headache muscle aches nausea |
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Heat Stroke |
Stop sweating, CNS symptoms |
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Ind for hypothermia |
Core body temp <35 symptoms of Hypothermia |
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Mild hypothermia |
32-35 shivering, normal HR normal RR slurred speech slow |
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Moderate Hypothermia |
28 - 32 altered LOC low HR low RR dilated pupils NO SHIVERING |
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Severe Hypothernia |
<28, coma apnea asystole nonreactive |
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Only spend ____ seconds checking for pulse on hypothermia |
10 |
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Why be gentle as tactically possible? |
Arrhythmia |
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Cooling modalities are dependent on available resources. Wet patient with water, fan dry and repeat. If cold / ice packs are available, pack in groin / axilla / neck |
True |
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heat stroke casualty requires immediate evacuation whereas a casualty with heat exhaustion may be delayed after consultation with SMA. |
Yup |
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If active seizures, administer additional diazepam auto-injectors until seizure stops. 1 auto-injector q____minutes |
5 |
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Stop using atropine when: |
Dry secretions Reduced ventilator resistance Hr 90/min |
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Casualties who are unconscious and/or convulsing and/or post-ictal and/or breathing with difficulty and/or flaccid should be triaged as immediate only if appropriate treatment including ventilation can be provided. Otherwise triage as ________ |
Expectant |
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Administer Atropen Auto-injector (2 mg atropine) q ____ minutes |
2-3 |
