Term
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Definition
Open fields, vehicles, and/or structures
There are no hindrances to moving casualties |
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Term
| What are examples of complex rescues? |
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Definition
Structure ingress and egress (vertical casualty movement)
Vehicle extrication
Tactical search and rescue |
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Term
| What are the proper body mechanics for moving a patient? |
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Definition
- Know your physical capabilities and limitations
- Use your large leg muscles, not back, when lifting
- Keep back straight, pull with arms and shoulders
- Slide or roll, rather than lift, heavy objects
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Definition
A basic ambulance with little armor.
Mainly used to transport pt's from aid station to LZ |
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| What is the load capacity for the M997 |
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Definition
4 litters or 8 ambulatory
OR
2 litters and 4 ambulatory |
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Term
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Definition
| A full tracked, armored personnel carrier |
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Term
| What is the load capacity for the M113 |
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Definition
4 litters or 10 ambulatory
OR
Any combo of the two |
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Term
| What is the loading sequence for a ground ambulance? |
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Definition
Least severe in top right, followed by bottom right, top left then most severe bottom left.
Head first
Most severe loaded last so they can off load first |
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Term
| What are the three most common devices used in hoist operations? |
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Definition
- Stokes Basket
- Jungle Penetrator. JP
- Sked litter
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Term
| What are the loading guidelines for an air ambulance? |
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Definition
Least severe to worst. Upper Right, upper
Left, lower right, lower left.
It makes a backwards Z |
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Term
| What are the components of the blood |
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Definition
- Plasma
- Red blood cells
- White blood cells
- Platelets
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Term
| What are 5 factors that effect clotting |
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Definition
- Hypothermia
- Acidosis
- Hemodilution
- Medications
- Blood pressure
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Term
| Signs and symptoms of non compressible Hemmorrhage |
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Definition
- Abdominal rigidity and tenderness
- Bruising
- Coughing up blood
- Rectal bleeding
- Bloody vomiting
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Term
| What are significant sources of non compressible bleeding? |
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Definition
Heart, lungs, subclavian vessels, Mediastinal and intercostalvessels
Intecostal vessels can bleed up 100 ml a min |
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Term
| How much fluid can fill the ABD cavity? |
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Definition
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Term
| How much blood loss can occur in a thigh? |
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Definition
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Term
| How much blood is in the human body? |
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Definition
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Term
| How much blood can be lost in the chest? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the 4 Ps of packing? |
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Definition
| Peel, push, Pile, and hold pressure for 3 mins |
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Term
| When do you not loosen or remove a TQ? |
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Definition
- When the casualty will arrive at a surgical facility within 2 hrs
- The TQ has been in place over 6 hrs
- Removal may allow bad stuff in blood
- Amputations
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Term
| What is in the upper airway? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is in the lower airway? |
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Definition
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Term
| Where does gas exchange occur? |
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Definition
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Term
| How does the body get rid of excess CO2 |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the complications of suctioning? |
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Definition
- Prolonged suctioning produces hypoxemia
- Cardiac dysthymia from arterial hypoxemia
- Vagus nerve stimulation leads to bradycardia and hypotension
All these can be prevented by sticking to the 15 sec rule |
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Term
| In order, how do you manage an airway? |
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Definition
- Positioning
- Manual Maneuvers
- Suctioning
- NPA
- Surgical Cric
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Term
| What are the indications for a surgical Cric? |
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Definition
- Severe maxillofacial trauma
- Airway obstruction
- Structural deformities of the airway
- Inhalation burns/edema
- Unconscious casualty who is unable to protect his airway
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Term
| What are the common misplacements and corrections during a surgical Cric? |
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Definition
- Tube anterior to the larynx and trachea
- Right mainstem bronchi intubation
- Tube toward head
Fix by pulling the tube out and replacing it |
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