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ChiroBoards2: EMG
ChiroBoards2: Emergency Procedures
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |