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10 Cards in this Set
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What is asthma? |
Chronic inflammatory disease that causes lower airway constriction- swelling of mucous membrane and smooth muscle spasm |
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What can trigger acute respiratory attacks? |
Infection, cold air, exercise, other stressors |
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What are early symptoms of respiratory distress? |
Chest tightness, wheezing, non productive cough |
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What is the wilderness protocol for asthma? |
0.3 -0.5 mg epinephrine IM, followed by albuterol and oral prednisone |
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What is drowning |
Respiratory distress from submersion or immersion |
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What are some contributing factors to drowning? |
Loss of muscular coordination due to rapid shell cooling; sudden immersion in cold causes a reflex gasp; bulky clothing and boots weighing people down |
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What are some anticipated complications of drowning? |
Respiratory arrest to cardiac arrest; water inhalation lung injury to pulmonary edema; hypoxia brain injury to inc ICP |
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What is the treatment of drowning if the primary assessment is respiratory arrest? |
PPV |
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What is the treatment of drowning injury if the problem is cardiac arrest? |
CPR if submersion less than 1 hr. Evac if possible |
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What is a type of SCUBA diving injury; pulmonary overpressure syndromes; decompression sickness (bends) |
Hyperbaric injury; |
