Identified with red tag indicating immediate threat to life
Emergent or Class I
Identified with yellow tag indicating major injuries that require immediate treatment
Urgent or Class II
Identified with green tag indicating minor injuries that do not require immediate treatment
Nonurgent or Class III
Identified with black tag indicating one who is expected and allowed to die
Expectant or Class IV
Rapid assessment of life threatening conditions, should take no longer than 60 seconds. Guided by ABCDE principle.
Primary survey
What does A stand for in ABCDE?
Airway/Cervical Spine
B in ABCDE
Breathing
C in ABCDE
Circulation
D in ABCDE
Disability
What is AVPU
Mneumonic for disability - means Alert, responsive to voice, responsive to pain, and unresponsive
Components include eye opening, verbal response, and motor response. Low score of 3 indicates totally unresponsive, high score of 15 means client is within normal limits neurologically
Glasgow Coma Scale
E in ABCDE
Exposure
Antidotes for ingested poison
Activated charcoal
Gastric lavage aspiration
Whole-bowel irrigation
For snake bite within 4-12 hr
Antivenin
What kind of medication is given for snake or spider bite?
Opioid meds
Reverse heroin and opiate toxicity
Naloxone (Narcan)
Common causes of no pulse - 5 H’s
Hypovolemia Hypoxia Hydrogen ion accumulation Hyper- or Hypokalemia Hypothermia
Common causes of no pulse - 5 T’s
Toxins Tamponade Tension pneumothorax Thrombosis - coronary Thrombosis - pulmonary
promote release of norepinephrine
MAOIs
Block uptake of epinephrine
Tricyclic antidepressants
Can be used to treat epinephrine toxicity
Phentolamine
