ch 28 Flashcards
AVG ADULT HAS HOW MANY 70 ML PER KG OF BLOOD?
LITERS? 70 ML/KG X 70 KG
4,900 ML
4.9 LITERS
BRIGHT RED SPURTING BLOOD FROM A WOUND USUALLY INDICATES SEVERE DAMAGE TO ARTERY
ARTERIAL BLEEDING
DARK RED BLOOD FLOWS STEADILY FROM WOUND INDICATES A SEVERED OR DAMAGED VEIN
VENEOUS BLEEDING
SLOWLY OOZING BLOOD THAT IS DARK
CAPILLARY BLEEDING
INFANT 10KG HAS HOW MANY ML OF BLOOD
800
CLASSES OF HEMORRHAGE
1 LESS THAN 15
2 15-30
3 30-40
4 GREATER THAN 40
T/F WHEN INJURED BLOOD VSLS CONSTRICT AND BLOOD CLOTS
TRUE
METHODS FOR CONTROLLING BLEEDING IN ORDER
DIRECT PRESSURE TOURNIQUETS ELEVATION SPLINTS TOPICAL HEMOSTATIC AGENTS
EPISTAXIS
NOSEBLEED OR BLEEDING FROM THE NOSE
INTERNAL BLEEDING
DARK TARRY STOOLS WITH BRIGHT RED BLOOD, TENDERNESS ETC
SHOCK FROM FLUID LOSS
HYPOVOLEMIC
WHEN FLUID LOSS RESULTS FROM BLEEDING, OR HEMORRHAGE IT IS KNOWN AS
HEMORRHAGIC HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK
IF S&S OF HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK R PRESENT APPLY THE
PASG
PNEUMATIC ANTISHOCK GARMENT
A WOUND IN WHICH THEIR IS NO BREAK IN THE CONTINUITY OF THE SKIN IS CALLED
CLOSED INJURY
3 TYPES OF CLOSED INJURIES
CONTUSIONS, HEMATOMAS, CRUSH INJURIES