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14 Cards in this Set
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Initial triage |
-RR & effort -Skin color -Response to environment |
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Primary assessment |
-Airway -Breathing -Circulation -Disability -Exposure |
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Secondary assessment, stabilized |
-VS -Pain -History -Head to toe: least to most invasive |
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Airway obstruction |
-Foreign body aspiration: COD <1y -Peak age <3y -Aspiration pneumonia -CPR |
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Shock |
-Inadequate oxygenation d/t unstable physiological state -Prolonged -> irreversible tissue & organ damage -Hypotension: LATE sign -Tachycardia, tachypnea, vasoconstriction |
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Hypovolemic shock |
def |
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Distributive shock |
def |
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Cardiogenic shock |
def |
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Shock: goals |
-Maintain tissue perfusion by improving CO -Ensure oxygenation -Prevent infection |
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Blunt trauma |
-Falls -Motor vehicle accidents -Waddell's triad of injuries |
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Poison ingestion |
-Adolescents: deliberate -No syrup of ipecac to induce vomit |
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Near drowning |
-Hypoxia -Mgmt: depends on degree of cerebral insult |
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Burns |
-Heat, electrical, chemical, radiation -Face, hands, feet, perineum -Increase serious effects d/t increased BSA, ECF -Rule of 9's NOT for children: Lund Browder Chart |
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Burns: mgmt |
-Large quantities of IV fluids -Close hemodynamic monitoring -Premedicate dressing canges -Topical antimicrobial agents with dressing changes: aid debridement -Increased caloric, protein, carb needs -Infection |
