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Ch. 106 First Aid Flashcards

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What is CLASS 1 Tactical Triage (WIDE) is?

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  • “Walking wounded”

- injuries require minor treatment

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What is CLASS 2 Tactical Triage?

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  • “IMMEDIATE”
  • injures require immediate life-sustaining measure
  • require a min amount of time,personnel,and supplies
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What is CLASS 3 Tactical Triage?

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  • “DELAYED”

- treatment delayed without jeopardy to life or loss of limb

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What is CLASS 4 Tactical Triage?

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  • “Expectant”

- requires extensive treatment beyond immediate medical capabilities

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PRIORITY 1 & 2 for Non-Tactical is?

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(1) correctable life threatening injures EX. open chest, femur fractures, respiratory arrest
(2) -Serious but non-life-threatening
- moderate blood loss
- open/multi FX
- eye injuries

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PRIORITY 3 Non-Tactical is?

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  • Minor Injuries
  • simple FX
  • minor/moderate burns
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PRIORITY 4 Non-Tactical is?

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  • Dead or Fatally injured
  • exposed brain matter
  • decapitattion
  • incineration
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What is a Primary Survey?

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  • detect/treat life-threatening injuries,require immediate care
  • treat as u go process
  • ABCDE
  • transport decision completed within 10 mins of arrival on the scene
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What does Triage means?

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-“to sort”

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What is a Secondary Survey?

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  • complete detail assessment
  • vital signs
  • head to toe survey
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What are the Signs/SX for Shock?

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  • Glassy eyes/dull/pupils dilated
  • Breathing rapid or labored/gasping/air hunger
  • Advanced stage breathing shallow/irregular
  • Skin pale/ashen grey
  • Skin cool clammy
  • Pulse rapid,weak,thread
  • Hemorrhagic shock pulse 140 or higher
  • Neurogenic shock pulse below 60
  • Systolic below 100,pulse rises above 100
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What is the 9 First Aid Rules?

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Organize,Exam,ABC’s,Deformities,Expose,Psyche,PPE, Recovery Position,Exit

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What are the Signs/Symptoms of Heat Cramps?

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  • Excessive sweating result in painful cramps in muscles (ab,legs,arms)
  • Also from drinking ice drinks to quickly after exercise
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What is the treatment for Heat Cramps?

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  • Move victim to cool place
  • Give plenty of water,add 1 tsp of salt to a liter/quart of water
  • manual pressure to cramped muscles
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What is the Signs/Symptoms of Heat Exhaustion?

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  • From working/exercising in hot environments
  • Dizzy, weak,headache,nausea, and loss of appetite
  • Dilated pupils,weak pulse,rapid, shallow breathing
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What is the treatment for Heat Exhaustion?

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  • Move to cool place
  • Loosen clothing
  • Apply wet cloths to the head,axilla,groin, ankles
  • Fan victim
  • Give 1 tsp of salt in a liter of cool water
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What is the Signs/Symptoms of Heat Stroke?

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  • 20% MORTALITY RATE
  • high body temp (105 Deg)
  • Stops sweating
  • Deep/rapid breathing at first
  • Shallow/almost absent later
  • Pupils constricted
  • Pulse strong/fast
  • Life/death emergency
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What is the treatment for Heat Stroke?

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  • Douse body with COLD water
  • Apply wet/cold towels to the body
  • Move to the coolest place
  • maintain open airway
  • Supine w/ head/shoulders slightly raised
  • Place cold pack under arms,neck,ankles,groin
  • Discontinue when temp reaches 102 deg F
  • Repeat cooling if temp reaches 103 deg F
  • Check temp every 10 mins
  • Get medical help ASAP
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What is the Signs/Symptoms of Hypothermia?

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-Shivering, drowsiness, glassy stare, resp slow/shallow, pulse weak or absent

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What is the treatment for Hypothermia?

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  • CPR may be required during warming process
  • Remove wet/frozen clothing
  • Remove constricting items
  • If Conscious, inside of a warm place,immersion in tub of warm (100-105 deg water)
  • Apply external heat to both sides of body
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What is the Signs/Symptoms of Immersion Foot?

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  • Prolonged exposure to wet cold temps from just above freezing to 5 deg
  • Limited motion
  • Tingling/Numbness
  • Swelling of legs, feet, and hands
  • Bluish discoloration of skin
  • Painful Blisters
  • Gangrene may occur
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What is the treatment for Immersion Foot?

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  • get victim off feet
  • Remove wet shoes,socks,gloves
  • Expose affected area to warm/dry air
  • Keep victim warm
  • DO NOT rupture blisters,apply salves,ointments
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What is the Signs/Symptoms of Frostbite?

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  • Ice crystals from on skin or deeper tissues
  • Exposure to temps of 32 deg or lower
  • Common in the face/extremities
  • Frozen extremity appears white,yellow-white, mottled blue-white
  • Cold,hard, insensitive to touch/pressure
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What is the treatment of Frostbite?

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  • Take victim indoors
  • Rewarm hand by place under armpits against abs, or between legs
  • gradually re-warm by warm water immersion,skin to skin contact, or hot bottles
  • Never rub frostbite area
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What is the Signs/Symptoms of Superficial Frostbite?

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  • Surface of skin will feel hard/underlying tissue soft

- Skin moves over bony ridges

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What is the treatment for Superficial Frostbite?

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  • Take victim indoors
  • -Rewarm hand by place under armpits against abs, or between legs
  • gradually re-warm by warm water immersion,skin to skin contact, or hot bottles
  • Never rub frostbite area
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What is the Signs and Symptoms of Deep Frostbite?

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  • Reaches into deep tissue layers
  • Ice crystals in the entire thickness of extremity
  • Skin will not move over bony ridges,hard and solid
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What is the treatment for Deep Frostbite?

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  • Protect frozen area from further injury
  • Rapidly thaw affected area
  • DO NOT THAW IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF REFREEZING
  • Be prepared for CPR
  • Remove all constricting clothing
  • Immerse in water at 100-105 deg
  • Do not let frozen area rest on side or bottom of the tub
  • Dry with soft towel
  • Blister may develop
29
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What are the 3 ways to purify water?

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-Iodine tables, Calcium Hypochlorite, and Boiling

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How do u use Iodine Tablets?

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  • Remove cap from canteen and fill with cleanest water available
  • Put 1 tablet in clean water of canteen/double if a 2 quart canteen
  • Replace cap and wait 5 mins
  • Loosen cap and tip canteen over to allow leakage around canteen threads.
  • Tighten cap and wait 25 mins before drinking
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How do u use Calcium Hypochlorite?

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  • Add Calcium Hypochlorite from one ampule in half full canteen cup and stir w/stick until power is dissolved
  • Leave 1 inch of airspace or more
  • Than fill cap half full of solution and add the water
  • Place cap on canteen,shake well
  • Loosen cap/tip canteen for leakage around threads
  • Tighten cap,wait 30 mins before using for cooking/drinking
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How do Boiling water for drinking?

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  • Used when purification compounds are unavailable
  • Disadvantages: fuel to boil water
    • takes awhile to boil than cool
    • needs protection against recontamination
    • Must be boiled for at least 15 sec for safe drinking
33
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What is the size of a Cat Hole?

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  • 1ft wide x 1ft deep

- Used on the march

34
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What is the size of a Straddle Trench?

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  • 4ft long x 2 1/2 ft deep x 1ft wide

- Used for 1-3 days of bivouac sites

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