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ChiroBoards2: EMG
ChiroBoards2: Emergency Procedures
Question | Answer |
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Emergency Assessment | Check responsiveness, open airway check breathing, give breaths, check pulse |
battle sign: indicates | indicates possible basilar skull fx |
Raccoon sign | injury producing black and blue spots around the eyes |
Cardiogenic shock: positioning | Supine with feet higher than head |
Anaphylactic shock: positioning | upright |
Lower extremity or pelvic injury: positioning | spine |
CPR ABC's | Airway, breathing, circulation |
Chest Compression times for an adult | Give two breaths, compress 1.5-2 inch deep, compress 30 times, Give 2 breaths, compress 30 times; repeat |
CPR recovery position | side lying with bottom arm extended over head/upper leg bent |
Choking infant procedure | 5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts |
Burns: 1st degree | redness; epidermis |
Burns: 2nd degree | blisters; epidermis and dermis (except dermal base) |
Burns: 3rd degree | charring of skin |
Epidural hematoma | result of trauma with a faster bleeding rate |
Epidural hematoma causes | intracranial pressure increase |
Subdural hematoma caused by | serious head injury |
Deadliest of all head injuries | subdural hematoma |
Subdural vs Epidural: which has slower symptom onset? | subdural hematoma |
Subarachnoid hematoma caused by | cerebral aneurysm |
Subarachnoid hematoma | considered a form of stroke |