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| Describe methods of controlling external bleeding |
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| Direct pressure, Elevation, Tourniquet, Splints, and Hemostatic agents |
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| Explain why bleeding from the nose, ears, or mouth is of special concern and describe the appropriate care for bleeding from the nose, ears, or mouth |
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| Could be an indication of skull injuries, facial trauma, digital trauma, sinusitis and upper respiratory tract infections, hypertension, clotting disorders, and esophageal disease |
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| Explain factors that may increase bleeding |
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| Movement, low body temperature, medications, intravenous fluids, removal of dressings and bandages |
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| Define hemorrhagic shock and describe the assessment based approach to it, including emergency care |
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| Hemorrhagic shock is a form of hypovolemic shock that occurs when massive amounts of fluid are lost from bleeding and the cells do not receive adequate amounts of oxygen and glucose |
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| Explain special considerations and appropriate care for chest injuries, abdominal injuries, impaled objects, amputations, and large neck injuries |
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| use occlusive dressings on chest wounds, abdominal injuries do not touch organs, cover with a sterile moistened dressing, and flex the patients hips and knees, for impaled objects: do not remove unless through the cheek or neck where it is obstructing airflow, secure it, expose it, control bleeding, use bulky dressings to stabilize the object, for amputations: remove contamination by flushing with water or saline, wrap part in dry sterile gauze, wrap or bag amputated part in plastic, keep amputated part cool, transport the part with the patient, for large neck injuries: direct pressure, occlusive four sided dressing, apply enough pressure to control bleeding, apply a pressure dressing |
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| Describe various types of dressings and bandages, including the purpose and methods of applying pressure dressings and discuss general principles of dressing and bandaging |
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| dressing material should be cleaned, do not bandage a dressing in place until bleeding has stopped, a dressing should cover the entire wound, remove jewelry, do not bandage a wound to loosely, bandage wounds snugly but not too tight, always place the body part to be bandaged where it will remain, apply a tourniquet if the bleeding doesnt stop |
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| an open injury to the epidermis caused by a scraping away, rubbing, or shearing away of tissue |
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| an air bubble that enters the bloodstream and obstructs a blood vessel |
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| an open injury caused by the ripping or tearing away of a limb, body part, or organ |
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| an open injury characterized by a loose flap of skin and soft tissue that has been torn loose or pulled off |
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| any material used to secure a dressing in place |
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| any injury in which there is no break in the skin |
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| a closed injury to the tissue and blood vessels within the dermis characterized by discoloration, swelling, and pain, a bruise bruising or swelling of the brain |
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| an open or closed injury in which high pressure forces cause serious damage to underlying soft tissues with internal bleeding, resulting in possible hemmorhagic shock |
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| a sterile covering for an open wound |
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| black and blue discoloration |
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| a protrusion of organs from a wound |
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| a closed injury characterized by a mass of blood beneath the epidermis |
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| an object embedded in the body |
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| an open injury whose edges nay be linear or stellate a wound that penetrates the brain |
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| a dressing that can form an airtight seal over a wound |
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| injury in which the skin is broken |
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| an open injury caused by a pointed object being pushed into the tissues |
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| free from living microorganisms that may cause infection |
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| Recognize the severity of and type of external bleeding: arterial |
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| bright red, oxygenated blood spurting that coincides with the heart beat |
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| Recognize the severity of and type of external bleeding: venous |
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| dark red blood that flows steadily from a wound |
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| Recognize the severity of and type of external bleeding: capillary |
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| slowly oozing blood that is a dark or intermediate color of red |
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