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ADULT:60-100
11-14 YRS:60-105
NEWBORN:120-160 |
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| SLIGHT MOVEMENT OF CHEST OR ABDOMEN, MORE SERIOUS IN UNCONSCIOUS PATIENT. MOST AT REST BREATH WITH DIAPHRAM. |
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| SNORING, WHEEZING, GURGLING, CROWING |
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| NEEDS AIRWAY OPENED, MAY RESPOND TO PRESCRIBED MEDS, NEED SUCTION, PROMPLY TRANSPORT |
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COOL/CLAMMY
COLD/MOIST
COLD/DRY
HOT/DRY
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SHOCK, ANXIETY
BODY LOSING HEAT
EXPOSURE TO COLD
HIGH FEVER, HEAT EXPOSURE
HIGH FEVER, HEAT EXPOSURE |
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DILATED PUPILS
CONSTRICTED
UNEQUAL
LACK OF REACTIVITY
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FRIGHT, BLOOD LOSS
NARCOTICS, EYE DROPS
STROKE, HEAD/EYE INJURY
DRUGS, LACK OF OXYGEN TO BRAIN |
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INACCURATE WITH SHOCK
FALSE HIGH-CARBON MONOXIDE
EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT, NAIL POLISH |
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| NO SIGNIFICANT MECHANISM OF INJURY |
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RECONSIDER MECH OF INJURY
PERFORM FOCUSED PHYS. EXAM BASED ON CHIEF COMPLAINT
ASCESS BASELINE VITALS
OBTAIN SAMPLE HISTORY |
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| SIGNIFICANT MECHANISM OF INJURY |
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RECONSIDER MECHANISM OF INJURY
CONTINUE MANUAL STABILIZATION OF HEAD AND NECK
CONSIDER ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT PERSONNEL
RECONSIDER TRANSPORT DECISION
PREACESS MENTAL STATUS
RAPID TRAUMA ASSESSMENT
ASESS BASELINE VITALS
OBTAIN SAMPLE HISTORY |
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| ON AMBULANCE-ACTIVATED CHARCOAL, ORAL GLUCOSE, OXYGEN |
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| TREAT FOR POISONING AND OVERDOSE, WHEN SWALLOWED AND IN DIGESTIVE TRACT. ABSORBS POISONS. |
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| PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS EMT CAN ASSIST WITH |
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| INHALER, NITROGLYCERIN, EPINEPHRINE |
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| RECURRENT CHEST PAIN, HISTORY OF HEART ATTACK, PILLS OR SPRAY. HELPS DIALATE CORONARY VESSELS. TAKE UP TO 3. |
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SAFE SCENE
INITIAL ASESSEMENT
TRAUMA PATIENT
EVALUATE MECHANISM OF INJUIRY
SIGNIFICANT MECH OF INJURY
RAPID TRAUMA ASESSMENT
BASELINE VITAL SIGNS
SAMPLE HISTORY
TRANSPORT
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SAFE SCENE
INITIAL ASESSMENT
TRAUMA PATIENT
NO SIGNIFICANT MECH OF INJURY
FOCUSED TRAUMA ASESSMENT FOR SPEC INJURY
BASELINE VITAL SIGNS
SAMPLE HISTORY
TRANSPORT
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UNSAFE SCENE
CONTROL SCENE, CORRECT HAZARD
INITIAL ASESSMENT
MEDICAL PATIENT
EVALUATE MENTAL STATUS
UNRESPONSIVE
RAPID PHYSICAL EXAM
BASELINE VITALS
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILNESS, SAMPLE
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UNSAFE SCENE
CONTROL SCENE, CORRECT HAZARD
INITIAL ASSESMENT
MEDICAL PATIENT
EVALUATE MENTAL STATUS
UNRESPONSIVE
RAPID PHYSICAL EXAM
BASELINE VITALS
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS, SAMPLE
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UNSAFE SCENE
CONTROL SCENE, CORRECT HAZARD
INITIAL ASESSMENT
MEDICAL PATIENT
EVALUATE MENTAL STATUS
RESPONSIVE
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS, SAMPLE
FOCUSED PHYS. EXAM BAED ON PT COMPLAINT
BASELINE VITALS
TRANSPORT
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| SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CARDIAC COMPROMISE |
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- PAIN, PRESSURE DICOMFORT IN CHEST OR UPPER ABDOMEN
- DIFFICULTY BREATHING
- PALPITATIONS
- SUDDEN ONSET OF SWEATING AND NAUSEA OR VOMITING
- ANXIETY
- ABNORMAL PULSE
- ABNORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE
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PATIENT
CITIZEN CALLS 9-1-1
FIRST RESPONDERS
EMT'S
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT STAFF
ALLIED HEALTH STAFF |
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| PERSON STANDING FACING FORWARD PALMS FORWARD |
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| FLAT SURFACE, KIND FORMED IF YOU SLICED THROUGH AN IMAGINARY HUMAN BODY |
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| DRAWING AN IMAGINARY LINE DOWN CENTER OF THE BODY PASSING BETWEEN THE EYES, AND EXTENDING PAST UMBILICUS |
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| POSITION FARTHER AWAY FORM THE MIDLINE. |
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| VERTICALLY FROM MID ARMPIT TO ANKLE |
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| LYING WITH HEAD SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE FEET |
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| FIVE DIVISIONS OF THE SPINE |
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CERVICAL (NECK, 7 BONES)
THORACIC (THORAX, RIBS, UPPER BACK, 12 BONES)
LUMBAR (LOWER BACK, 5)
SACRAL ( BACK WALL OF PELVIS, 5)
COCCYX (TAILBONE, 4) |
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| SKELETAL MUSCLE UNDER CONSCIOUS CONTROL OF THE BRAIN VIA THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. MAJOR MUSCLE MASS OF THE BODY |
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| SMOOTH MUSCLE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM, LUNGS BLOOD VESSELS, URINARY SYSTEM. RESPONDS AUTOMATICALLY TO ORDERS FROM THE BRAIN |
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| FOUND ONLY IN THE HEART. SPECIALIZED FOR OF INVOLUNTARY MUCLE. HAS ITS OWN BLOOD SUPPLY THROUGH CORONARY ARTERY SYSTEM |
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| PURPOSE IS TO MOVE OXYGEN INTO THE BLOODSTREAM THROUGH INHALATION AND PICK UP CARBON DIOXIDE TO BE EXCERTED THROUGH EXHALATION |
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| VENAE CAVAE (SUPERIOR & INFERIOR) TWO LARGE VEINS THAT RETURN BLOOD TO THE HEART |
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| RECIEVES BLOOD FROM CHAMBER ABOVE IT |
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| SUPPLY HEART MUSCLE WITH BLOOD. DAMAGE OR BLOCKAGE TOE THESE RESULTS IN CHEST PAIN |
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| LARGEST ARTERY IN THE BODY |
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| BEGINS AT RIGHT VENTRICLE. CARRIES OXGEN POOR BLOOD TO THE LUNGS. |
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| CARRY BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART, VEINS CARRY BLOOD TO THE HEART |
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| WATERY, SALTY FLUID MAKES UP OVER HALF THE VOLUME OF BLOOD. RED & WHITE CELLS AND PLATELETS ARE CARRIED IN PLASMA. |
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| ERYTHROCYTES OR RED CORPUSCLES. TO CARRY OXYGEN TO TISSUES AND CARBON DIOXIDE AWAY FROM THE TISSUE. PROVIDE RED COLOR TO BLOOD. |
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| LEUKOCYTES, WHITE CORPUSLES |
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| DESTROY GERMS, PRODUCE ANTIBODIES, HELP RESIST INFECTION |
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| MEMBRANE ENCLOSED FRAGMENTS OF SPECIALIZED CELLS. WHEN ACTIVATED THEN RELEASE CHEMICAL FACTORS NEED TO FORM BLOOD CLOTTS. |
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