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| State of decreased blood volume |
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1. Midline Cervical tenderness
2. Focal neuro deficits
3. Altered level of consciousness
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5. Distracting injury |
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| Type of injury to flesh caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, light, radiation, or friction |
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| Superficial burn (1st degree) |
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| Superficial partial-thickness burns (superficial 2nd degree) |
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| Involves the epidermis and superficial portion of the dermis |
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| Deep partial-thickness burns (deep 2nd degree) |
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| involves the epidermis and most of the dermis |
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| Full-thickness burns (3rd degree) |
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| involves epidermis, and all layers of dermis extending down to subcutaneous tissue |
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| full-thickness burn extending to muscle or bone |
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| First, Second cervical vertebra |
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| Describe the grating, crackling, or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints |
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| Presence of blood in the tympanic cavity of the middle ear |
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| Assessment of muscles in rectum |
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| Displacement of the nasal septum |
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| Bruise or bleeding in the septum, which is the part of the nose that separates the two nostrils |
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| Arterial Line - thin catheter inserted into an artery, used to monitor the blood pressure real-time |
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| Arterial blood gas - blood test performed using blood from an artery to determine the pH of the blood, the partial pressures of carbon dioxide and oxygen, and the bicarbonate level |
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| Catheter placed into a large vein in the neck (internal jugular vein), chest (subclavian vein or axillary vein) or groin (femoral vein) for central venous access. |
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| Flexible plastic tube that is inserted through the side of the chest into the pleural space used to remove air (pneumothorax), fluid (pleural effusion, blood, chyle) or pus (empyema) from the intrathoracic space |
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| Sedation in which the sedated individual can respond to verbal directions, but he or she feels little to no pain and has an altered level of consciousness. Drugs used for sedation: Ativan, Atropine, Brevital, Demerol, Etomidate, Fentanyl, Ketamine, Morphine, Propofol, Valium, Versed |
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| Removal of foreign matter or dead tissue from a wound |
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| Placement of a flexible tube into the trachea to maintain an open airway to facilitate ventilation of the lungs; can serve as a conduit through which to administer certain drugs. A Macintosh blade, a miller blade, a bougie, or a glidescope is used. |
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| Focused assessment with sonography for trauma - rapid bedside ultrasound examination used as a screening test to look for blood around the heart or abdominal organs after trauma |
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| Condition in which severe blood and fluid loss make the heart unable to pump enough blood to the body |
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| Venous blood gas - blood test performed using blood from a vein to determine the pH of the blood, the partial pressures of carbon dioxide and oxygen, and the bicarbonate level |
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