Rapid trauma assessment, hemorrhage control, spinal motion restriction, chest and abdominal trauma, burns and shock management.
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40 basic cards for EMT / Paramedic Emergency Medicine. It opens with "In the trauma ABCDE assessment, what does 'C' stand for?" and "In the trauma ABCDE assessment, what does 'D' stand for?". More Healthcare and Nursing decks are listed below.
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- In the trauma ABCDE assessment, what does 'C' stand for?
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Circulation (pulse and bleeding check)- In the trauma ABCDE assessment, what does 'D' stand for?
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Disability (neurological status, e.g. GCS)- In the trauma ABCDE assessment, what does 'E' stand for?
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Exposure (fully expose the patient while preventing heat loss)- What early vital sign change indicates compensated shock?
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Tachycardia- What capillary refill time is considered delayed in a trauma patient?
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Greater than 2 seconds- A narrowed pulse pressure in a trauma patient suggests what?
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Early shock- Hypotension in a trauma patient is typically considered what kind of sign?
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A late sign of shock- What is the first action to control external hemorrhage?
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Direct pressure- When direct pressure fails to control severe extremity bleeding, what is applied next?
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A tourniquet- What must be documented once a tourniquet is applied?
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The time it was applied- For junctional hemorrhage (groin or axilla) not controlled by a tourniquet, what is used?
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A hemostatic dressing packed into the wound with direct pressure- When is a second tourniquet applied proximal to the first one?
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When bleeding continues despite the first tourniquet- Spinal motion restriction is indicated when a patient has what finding on exam?
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Midline spinal tenderness or deformity- Besides spinal tenderness, what kind of injury elsewhere also indicates spinal motion restriction?
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A distracting painful injury- What mental status finding indicates spinal motion restriction is needed?
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Altered mental status or intoxication
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