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Field Craft 1 Exam
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01/24/2013

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Term
What are simple rescues?
Definition

Open fields, vehicles, and/or structures

 

There are no hindrances to moving casualties

Term
What are examples of complex rescues?
Definition

Structure ingress and egress (vertical casualty movement)

 

Vehicle extrication

 

Tactical search and rescue

Term
What are the proper body mechanics for moving a patient?
Definition
  1. Know your physical capabilities and limitations
  2. Use your large leg muscles, not back, when lifting
    • Keep back straight, pull with arms and shoulders
  3. Slide or roll, rather than lift, heavy objects
Term
What is an M997
Definition

A basic ambulance with little armor.

 

Mainly used to transport pt's from aid station to LZ

Term
What is the load capacity for the M997
Definition

4 litters or 8 ambulatory

 

OR

 

2 litters and 4 ambulatory

Term
What is the M113
Definition
A full tracked, armored personnel carrier
Term
What is the load capacity for the M113
Definition

4 litters or 10 ambulatory 

 

OR

 

Any combo of the two

Term
What is the loading sequence for a ground ambulance?
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

Term
What are the three most common devices used in hoist operations?
Definition
  1. Stokes Basket
  2. Jungle Penetrator. JP
  3. Sked litter
Term
What are the loading guidelines for an air ambulance?
Definition

 

Least severe to worst.  Upper Right, upper 

Left, lower right, lower left.  

 

It makes a backwards Z

Term
What are the components of the blood
Definition
  1. Plasma
  2. Red blood cells
  3. White blood cells
  4. Platelets
Term
What are 5 factors that effect clotting
Definition
  1. Hypothermia
  2. Acidosis
  3. Hemodilution
  4. Medications
  5. Blood pressure
Term
Signs and symptoms of non compressible Hemmorrhage
Definition
  1. Abdominal rigidity and tenderness
  2. Bruising
  3. Coughing up blood
  4. Rectal bleeding
  5. Bloody vomiting
Term
What are significant sources of non compressible bleeding?
Definition

Heart, lungs, subclavian vessels, Mediastinal and intercostalvessels 

 

Intecostal vessels can bleed up 100 ml a min

Term
How much fluid can fill the ABD cavity?
Definition
10 L
Term
How much blood loss can occur in a thigh?
Definition
1 L
Term
How much blood is in the human body?
Definition
6 L
Term
How much blood can be lost in the chest?
Definition
1500 ml in each side
Term
What are the 4 Ps of packing?
Definition
Peel, push, Pile, and hold pressure for 3 mins
Term
When do you not loosen or remove a TQ?
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
Term
What is in the upper airway?
Definition
Oral and nasal cavity
Term
What is in the lower airway?
Definition
Trachea, bronchi, lungs
Term
Where does gas exchange occur?
Definition
Alveoli
Term
How does the body get rid of excess CO2
Definition
Increased respirations
Term
What are the complications of suctioning?
Definition
  1. Prolonged suctioning produces hypoxemia
  2. Cardiac dysthymia from arterial hypoxemia
  3. Vagus nerve stimulation leads to bradycardia and hypotension

All these can be prevented by sticking to the 15 sec rule

Term
In order, how do you manage an airway?
Definition
  1. Positioning
  2. Manual Maneuvers
  3. Suctioning
  4. NPA
  5. Surgical Cric
Term
What are the indications for a surgical Cric?
Definition
  1. Severe maxillofacial trauma
  2. Airway obstruction
  3. Structural deformities of the airway
  4. Inhalation burns/edema
  5. Unconscious casualty who is unable to protect his airway
Term
What are the common misplacements and corrections during a surgical Cric?
Definition
  1. Tube anterior to the larynx and trachea
  2. Right mainstem bronchi intubation
  3. Tube toward head

Fix by pulling the tube out and replacing it 

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