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1
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Identified with red tag indicating immediate threat to life

A

Emergent or Class I

2
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Identified with yellow tag indicating major injuries that require immediate treatment

A

Urgent or Class II

3
Q

Identified with green tag indicating minor injuries that do not require immediate treatment

A

Nonurgent or Class III

4
Q

Identified with black tag indicating one who is expected and allowed to die

A

Expectant or Class IV

5
Q

Rapid assessment of life threatening conditions, should take no longer than 60 seconds. Guided by ABCDE principle.

A

Primary survey

6
Q

What does A stand for in ABCDE?

A

Airway/Cervical Spine

7
Q

B in ABCDE

A

Breathing

8
Q

C in ABCDE

A

Circulation

9
Q

D in ABCDE

A

Disability

10
Q

What is AVPU

A

Mneumonic for disability - means Alert, responsive to voice, responsive to pain, and unresponsive

11
Q

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

A

Glasgow Coma Scale

12
Q

E in ABCDE

A

Exposure

13
Q

Antidotes for ingested poison

A

Activated charcoal
Gastric lavage aspiration
Whole-bowel irrigation

14
Q

For snake bite within 4-12 hr

A

Antivenin

15
Q

What kind of medication is given for snake or spider bite?

A

Opioid meds

16
Q

Reverse heroin and opiate toxicity

A

Naloxone (Narcan)

17
Q

Common causes of no pulse - 5 H’s

A
Hypovolemia
Hypoxia
Hydrogen ion accumulation
Hyper- or Hypokalemia
Hypothermia
18
Q

Common causes of no pulse - 5 T’s

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Toxins
Tamponade
Tension pneumothorax
Thrombosis - coronary
Thrombosis - pulmonary
19
Q

promote release of norepinephrine

A

MAOIs

20
Q

Block uptake of epinephrine

A

Tricyclic antidepressants

21
Q

Can be used to treat epinephrine toxicity

A

Phentolamine