Wfr Study

Front 1

Communicable Diseases (5 ways of transmission)

Back 1

person to person, sex, water and food, hands, blood (needles, cuts)

Front 2

Communicable Diseases (4 ways to disinfect water and 2 that prevent all)

Back 2

UV, boiling, filter, chemical. UV and boiling prevent all

Front 3

Lost Crown or Filling (2 symptoms)

Back 3

Difficulty eating or drinking due to pain, sensitivity to air

Front 4

Lost Crown or Filling (3 treatment)

Back 4

Brush, fill hole with gum or wax (football shape), pain meds

Front 5

Broken tooth (treatment 3)

Back 5

pulp exposed: cauterize with aspirin, pain meds, evacuate

Front 6

Tooth knocked out (5 treatment)

Back 6

irrigate but don't brush, pain meds, put tooth back in if you can (have 5-10 min before gum swells), if you can't replace, wrap and gauze and place between cheek and gum, evacuate

Front 7

Periodontal Abscess (4 symptoms)

Back 7

Pus, Fever, Swelling, Redness or darkening

Front 8

Periodontal Abscess (5 treatment)

Back 8

Remove food with floss etc., gargle with warm salty water 3-4 times daily, if evac is extended consider lancing, pain meds, antibiotics

Front 9

Subungual Hematoma (What is it, how to treat 1)

Back 9

blood under a nail, only treat if painful, heat needle or safety pin to red hot and bore through with flat bottom of needle to relive pressure.

Front 10

Fishhooks (2 ways)

Back 10

1. 12 inch piece of string around curve of hook, simultaneously push down the eye of the hook and pull string straight back. 2. (ugly) numb skin and push point of barb through, cut barb, back hook out

Front 11

Sun Bumps (4 symptoms)

Back 11

common on hands and face, itchy, red, swollen, bumps or small blisters

Front 12

Sun Bumps (2 treatment)

Back 12

remove from sun, anti-itch + antihistamines

side note: usually has to run course.

Front 13

Snow Blindness (5 symptoms)

is described as...

Back 13

sand in the eyes

sensitivity to light, pain and burning of eyes described as "sand in the eyes", swelling, redness, blurred vision

Front 14

Snow Blindness (4 treatment)

Back 14

water flushes, remove from sun, fashion: bandana and sunglasses, pain meds/ antihistamines for swelling, rest

side note: generally self-limiting, 24-48 hours.

wear sunglasses!

Front 15

Fungal Infections (4 symptoms and where)

Back 15

groin, feet, and armpit, red, itchy, hives/ scaly/ blistering/ cracking

Front 16

Fungal Infections (3 treatment)

Back 16

wash and cool area, air dry, anti-itch, see a doctir

Front 17

Fungal Infections (3 prevention)

Back 17

wear cotten, air out feet and groin???, direct sunlight, aka RUN AROUND NAKED!

Front 18

Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) is...

Back 18

a temporary stroke, signs and symptoms are identical to CVA (a stroke) but last less than 24 hours

Front 19

Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) or Skroke (6 Symptoms)

Back 19

Memory loss, inability to speak or slurred speech, hemiparesis or hemiplegia (weakness or paralysis of one side of the body), facial paralysis, incontinence, vision changes

Front 20

Stroke treatment (4)

Back 20

POC or recovery if unresponsive, oxygen, document symptoms precisely, rapid evac

Front 21

Seizure cause (7)

Back 21

overstimulation of brain, eclampsia, diabetic hypoglycemia, drug withdrawl, HACE, brain injury, high fever and heat stroke

Front 22

Seizure signs (4)

Back 22

aura, unexpected collapse, localized or full body convulsion or temporary disconnection with present, post-seizure recovery phase (drained)

Front 23

Seizure treatment (6)

Back 23

protect but do not restrain, no bite stick, put in recovery position, full patient assessment, protect dignity, administer oxygen

Front 24

AEIOUTIPS (handbook, page 69)

Back 24

allergies, epilepsy, insulin, overdose, underdose, trauma, infection, psyc/ poison, stroke

Front 25

unresponsive evac guidlines (1)

Back 25

persistent unresponsiveness or altered mental status

Front 26

the shoulder most commonly dislocates

Back 26

anterior

Front 27

consider reducing dislocation if: 2

Back 27

evac is more than 1 hour or CSM has been compromised by the dislocation

Front 28

slow or stop dislocation reduction if: 2

Back 28

pain increases or you meet resistance

Front 29

ROM is for what?

Back 29

patients with reduced dislocations, 2-3 times a day or at patient's tolerance

Front 30

dislocation evac guidelines (5)

Back 30

unusable injuries, dislocations which won't reduce, any first time dislocation, rapid: open fractures, altered CSMs

Front 31

water clean enough to drink is acceptable for cleaning wounds, true or false?

Back 31

FALSE

Front 32

Someone has just drunk a little white gas, what do you recommend they do?

Back 32

Drink water to dilute (not vomit)

Front 33

Permethrin is (2)

Back 33

used on clothing, not skin, an insecticide (effective against ticks)

Front 34

Myths about lightning (3)

Back 34

lightning never strikes twice, metal attracts lightning, lightning only strikes beneath the clouds

Front 35

factors affecting survivability in water (3)

Back 35

shorter the better, colder temp, less contaminated

Front 36

Widow spiders tend to cause...

Back 36

abdominal pain

Front 37

Brown recluse:

Back 37

unhealing wounds

Front 38

Pulmonary Embolism symptoms (5)

Back 38

sudden onset of sharp chest pain, respiratory distress, cough and bloody sputum, shock vital signs possible, history of prolonged bed rest/ altitude/ smoking/ recent surgery/ birth control pills

Front 39

Pulmonary Embolism treatment (2)

Back 39

oxygen, rapid evac in POC