Finals Flashcards

(47 cards)

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Is a situation which poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or environment.

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Emergency

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2
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protect those that have had basic first aid training and are certified.

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Good samaritan law

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3
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Is the impact of a natural or man-made hazard that negatively affects society or environment.

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Disaster

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4
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Types of Disaster

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  1. Natural
  2. Human-Caused
  3. Technological
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5
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encouraged to be involved in daily community activities as a health advisor.

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Nurses

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6
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Reducing potential disaster damages before a disaster threatens.

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Mitigation

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7
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Developing operational capabilities and facilitating an effective response before an emergency occurs

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Preparedness

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8
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Actions taken immediately before, during, or directly after an emergency occurs.

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Response

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9
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Most difficult disaster phase.

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Recovery

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10
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A process for sorting injured people into groups based on their need when resources are insufficient for all to be treated

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Triage

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11
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simple triage and rapid treatment

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Start

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12
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secondary assessment of victim endpoint

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Save

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13
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An intentional or unintentional wound or injury inflicted on the body from a mechanism against which the body cannot protect itself.

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Trauma

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14
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any force that penetrates or fractures the skull

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Direct trauma

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15
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severe forces that may shake or rotate the brain enough to cause permanent brain damage

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Indirect trauma

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16
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Classification of Trauma

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Direct, Indirect

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17
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Types of Trauma

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Acceleration, Blunt

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18
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occurs when the body is moving and strikes another moving or stationary object.

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Acceleration/Deceleration Trauma

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19
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occurs when an object strikes the body or head with force causing a compression of body tissues which results injury

20
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Is an object entering the body or head due to an object striking the body, or the body being placed in motion and striking an object

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Penetrating Trauma

21
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a violent jarring or shaking that results in a disturbance of brain function

22
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Pain at tip of left shoulder and left upper quadrant

23
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Abnormal sound or murmur along middle or lower back

24
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Fixes area of dullness when left quadrant abdominal quadrant is percussed

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Bluish color on blank
Turner's
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Purplish color around umbilicus
Cullen's
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Lumbar spine level
Hematoma
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Abount one per minute
Decreased peristaltic sounds
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Ecchymosis
Coopernail
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Soft tissues injuries
1. Closed soft tissue injury 2. Open soft tissue injury
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Kinds of Open Wounds
1. Puncture wound 2. Laceration 3. Abrasion 4. Incision 5. Avulsion 6. Bites
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Virus transmitted by infected saliva through bite or wound
Brain inflammation
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highly modified saliva
Snake venom
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Local envenoming (swelling etc.) with bleeding/clotting disturbances
VIPERIDAE (Syndrome 1)
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Ptosis, external ophthalmoplegia, facial paralysis etc. and dark brown urine
Russell's viper (Syndrome 2)
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Blow up a blood pressure cuff to 80 mm Hg and leave it on for 5 minutes.
Hess's test
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Manufactured by hyper immunizing horses against venoms of four standard snakes
Polyvalent antivenin
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stored in a cool dark place & may last for 5 years
Lyophilised form
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has to be stored at 4°c with much shorter life span
Liquid form
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membrane active polypeptide that can cause degranulation of basophils and mast cells, constitutes more than 50 percent of the dry weight of bee venom
Melittina
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Insulin has shown to improve cardiopulmonary status in case of scorpion envenomation
Newer modality
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begins at the time of injury and concludes with restoration of capillary permeability.
Emergent Phase/Resuscitative Phase
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when the person is hemodynamically stable, capillary permeability has been restored and diuresis has begun
Acute phase
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begins during the acute hospital stay, after the patient is stable
Rehabilitative Phase
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the heart is still beating.
Cardiovascular Collapse
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individual fascicles of the heart beat independently rather than the usual coordinated, synchronized manner that produce rhythmic heartbeat.
Ventricular Fibrillation
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the heart has stopped beating.
Cardiac Standstill