First Aid Test Flashcards
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Assessing the casualty order - primary survey
Hazard, response, airway, breathing, circulation
Sequence of treatment
Hazard, response, airway, breathing, serious bleeding, treat all other injuries, await medical services
Breathing rate adult
16 times a minute
How long is the rescue breath
One sec
Signs of obstruction of airway
Distress, noisy laboured breathing, cyanosis, flaring of the nostrils, red puffy face, persistent dry cough
How deep are chest compressions
5-6cm
How many compressions?
30 at rate of 100-120 per min
Types of choking
Mild obstruction, severe obstruction
Treatment for choking conscious
Encourage coughing, five back slaps, five abdominal compressions, phone 999, alternate 5 back slaps with 5 thrusts
Treatment for choking unconscious
Open airway and check breathing, immediately give for, if they start to breathe place in recovery position, monitor and recird
Monitoring and recording
Every three minutes and every ten minutes
Choking when to call for medical help
If alone and no breathing immediately, if more than one person get help asap
Hypoxia signs and symptoms
Rapid distressed breathing, difficulty speaking, anxiety and restlessness, headache nausea and possible vomiting, loss of consciousness, cyanosis
Average adult heart rate?
60-80 beats per minute
Sequence of treatment
Hazards, response (Avu), airway (cmm), breathing (llf) get help, hazards, cpr
Causes of unconsciousness
Fairing infection stroke head injury heart attack shock hypoxia abnormal temperature poisoning epilepsy diabetes
Treatment of unconscious
Recovery position, get help, treat other injuries
Secondary survey order
Head (eyes, ears, nose and mouth, neck, torso, legs, arms
How long to leave in recovery position?
30 mins then roll over
Casualty monitoring sequence
Voice pulse eyes respiration movement
Causes of shocks
Fluid loss, heart attacks, burns, infection, anaphylactic shock, emotional, drug overdose, spinal cord, hypothermia, low blood sugar, circulatory failure
Signs and symptoms of shock
At first adrenaline release: rapid pulse, Pale clammy skin,
As it develops, weakness and dizziness, thirst nausea and possible committing, weak threads pulse, cyanosis
As brain oxygen decreases, redlestneds and aggressive, yawning and gasping for air, unconsciousness
Treatment for shock
Treat cause if the shock, lay casualty down, raise and support legs, loosen tight clothing shield from temps, call for aid, M&R
Shock do nots
Nothing to eat or drink, no smoking, don’t leave alone, no direct heat