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Primary concern when a person cannot stop coughing/clearing their throat following house fire/smoke? - ANS -Airway/Intubate Lab evidence of cellular perfusion - ANS -Base Excess (Less than -6 is BAD) Multiple people are in the ER of different ages who all go to the same church. They all have the same symptoms. What is the most likely cause? - ANS -Biologic Suspected shock type with a spinal cord injury - ANS -Distributive Shock (Includes neurogenic) Patient has GCS of 3, unequal pupils (one sluggish, one blown), and is posturing. What is the cause? - ANS -Herniation Middle Meningeal Artery - ANS -Epidural Hematoma (results from collection of blood that forms between dura mater and skull) Prior to having a concussion (TBI), the patient had a brain injury that was not fully healed. What is the cause? - ANS -2nd Impact Syndrome Bowel sounds heard in the L chest. What is this a symptom of? - ANS -Ruptured diaphragm Symptoms of __________________: include muffled heart sounds and hypotension - ANS -Pericardiocentesis How should you dress a severed limb? - ANS -Sterile gauze with normal saline THEN put ice on it Amylase level looks at _____________ - ANS -Pancreas What should you do if your patient has hyphema (collection of blood inside the front part of the eye?) - ANS -Sit HOB up to 30 degrees Principle that people have to take action after suffering a loss in order to decrease severity, seriousness, or painfulness - ANS -Mitigation What organ is most at risk following a gunshot - ANS -Liver 8 year old child with longitudinal thigh lacerations - ANS -Sign of child abuse Bleeding around belly button - ANS -Cullen's SignWhat would cause an inaccurate reading from an 02 saturation probe? - ANS - Carboxyhemoglobin (increase FiO2 to 100%) General study of forces and their effects on living tissue and the human body - ANS - Biomechanics Study of energy transfer as it applies to identifying actual or potential injuries - ANS - Kinematics Refers to the separation of tissue resulting from a sound and/or hydraulic wave forcethe effect is a crushing pressure wave which creates a temporary cavity, followed by a rapid and violent closing of the cavity. - ANS -Cavitation

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