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53 QuestionsPart D
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What are the two types of diabetic emergencies?
• Hyperglycemia - (high blood sugar)• Hypoglycemia - (low blood sugar)
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A person in diabetic insulin shock is suffering from
Hypoglycemia
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_______ _______ is a situation where a person diagnosed with diabetes lose consciousness due to
either very high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) or very low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).
Diabetic coma
If no medical attention seek, diabetic coma is a life threatening condition.
4
What would you do with severed fingers?
• Place them in a plastic bag and keep cool.
5
How do you treat an upper arm fracture?
• Splint • Sling
• Swath
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Splint
SlingSwath
What is the symptom of a close fracture?
• swelling
7
What would normally cause an entrance and exit wound on a
patient?
• Bullet• Knife
• lightning (electricity)
A gun shot wound to the face and neck
Knife wound to the wrist
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How would you treat a closed chest injury?
• Use Body Substance Isolation (BSI): blood, urine, feces, tears and
Personal Protection Equipment (PPE): gloves, mask
• Airway, Breathing, and Circulation (ABC)
• Perform ongoing assessment for life-threatening injuries. Maintain ABCs,
and treat for at for shock.
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How do oxygen get to the toes from breathing in?
Bloodstream
10
How much do you elevate the feet while treating for shock?
8-12 inches
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A ________is a closed injury that appears as a discolored lump.
Hematoma (swelling)
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This is the obvious discoloration (black and blue) of the soft tissue
at the injury site.
Bruising
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This is a closed injury that is discolored and painful at the
injury site.
Contusion (bruising)
14
A bus accident with multiple persons onboard with injuries is a
Mass Casualty Incident
(MCI)
15
How long should you flush chemicals from your eyes?
16
How long should you brush powder off the arm?
17
Where would you apply an occlusive dressing?
NeckChest
abdomen
18
Where would you apply an occlusive dressing and use
Vaseline if necessary?
Neckchest
19
A three year old falls and scrapes her knee. This is known as an
• abrasion
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This is an open wound where the organs protrude.
• Evisceration
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This is a "shock like condition" produced by excessive fear, joy,
anger, or grief.
Psychogenic shock.
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This shock is cause by bleeding out.
Hypovolemic shock
23
What would you do if the amniotic sac did not break as the
baby's head start to deliver?
• tear it open with your fingers and push it away from the baby’s nose
and mouth 24
________the soles of the baby's feet to __________ if the baby is
not breathing upon delivery.
Flickstimulate breathing
25
If the fetus's leg or arm appears first, a physician needs to deliver
this baby.
• Rapid transport to
medical facility is crucial.
26
If the fetus's hand is on top of head, this means ________
• the baby is coming too fast; slow it down.
27
Treatment for seizures
• use BSI & PPE, clear the area around patient to prevent further injury, monitor the
patient, after the seizure, use ABCs and treat for shock.
28
What are some causes of seizures?
• Epilepsy, diabetes, shock, head injury, trauma, stroke, high fever, poisoning,
complications from pregnancy, unknown causes.
29
How do you get carbon monoxide out of your body?
Breathing fresh air
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When will you move a patient at the scene?
• Officer safety, patient safety, gain access to another patient.
31
When the situation is not urgent with a patient, what should you
do?
Nothing
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Signs of food poisoning
burns around the mouth, odd breath odor, nausea, vomiting, stomach
pain, diarrhea, altered mental status, breathing difficulty, seizures.
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What are the two types of wounds?
Open and closed
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After initial assessment of ABCs
do secondary or physical assessment
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Define SAMPLE method to help officer acquire information useful in determining causes of
injury or illness.S: signs and symptoms
Allergies: does the patient have allergies?Medications: is the patient currently taking medications; when was the last
dose?Past history: what other medical problems may contribute to the patient’s
current condition?Last oral intake: when did the patient last eat or drink?
Events: what events led to this incident?
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SAMPLE
• S - Signs & symptoms (What can you see? What does the patient feel?)
• A - allergies (Does the patient have allergies) M - medications (is the patient currently taking medications; when was last dose)
• P - Past history (what other medical problems may contribute to patient current condition)
• L - last oral intake (when did the patient last eat or drink)
• E- events (what events led to this situation)37
What are the ways to control bleeding?
• Direct pressure, pressure point, elevation
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What is the primary way to control bleeding?
• Direct pressure
39
How do you treat an eyeball laceration?
• Cover it with a moist
dressing and apply
bandage to both eyes.
Avulsed eye and lacerations to the forehead
40
How do you treat trauma to the eye socket that cause the eyeball
to come out of its socket? • Do not restore
the eyeball to the socket, cover with
moist dressing, bandage both
eyes
Avulsed eye with impaled protractor41
Adequate breathing for a patient
• good chest rise, good air, capillary refills
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How do you treat burn patients
• ABCs, scene safety, stop the burning
43
Bright red blood spurts from a wound, indicating a severed or
damaged artery
• Arterial bleeding
44
Dark red blood flows steady from a wound, indicating a severed or
damaged vein.
• Venous bleeding
45
Dark red blood oozes slowly from a wound, indicating damaged
capillaries
• Capillary bleeding
46
Two pressure points are commonly used to control
bleeding.
• Brachial & Femoral arteries
47
The neck contains __________
• major blood vessels and the windpipe (trachea)
48
For deep lacerations of the neck, apply an_______dressing.
• occlusive
49
When can an impaled object be removed?
• When its blocking
the airway
Wire impaled in the hand50
Capillary refills should not ________
• be great than 2 seconds.
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Closed wound
• palpate, bruising, swelling, distention
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Implied consent
• unconscious patient & a minor
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