General First Aid Rules
General First Aid Rules:
Breathing, control bleeding, treat for shock.
Two different ways to maintain Airway:
Head Tilt chin lift
Jaw Thrust Manuever
Control Bleeding:
Maintain Pressure
Dress wound
Tourniquet
Elevate Extremity
Triage- French word meaning to “Sort”
Two types
Tactical-
Non- Tactical-
Nontactical-
Priority I- Immediate (injuries are minimal)
Priority II- Delayed (Injuries are debilitating but who do not require immediate management)
Priority III- Minor (Walking Wounded)
Priority IV- Expectant ( Injures are severe, minimal chance of survival)
Priority V- Dead (Unresponsive, pulseless and breathless)
Tactical-
Immediate- Require Life Saving surgery (Upper airway obstruction, life threatening bleeding, tension pnuemothorax)
Delayed- Needs surgery but can delay for surgical treatment. (Shock, Fracture, Penetrating injuries w/out compromise to airway.
Minimal- Minor Injuries (Fractures, strains and sprains)
Expectant- survival is unlikely. (Cardiac arrest, MBI, 2nd or 3rd degree burns over 70%)
Airway Management:
How many lobes on each side.
Two Methods for checking Airway.
Which method do you not use if you suspect a spinal injury. – HTCL
Suction Patient if Choking or something is caught in airway.
Nasopharyngeal- Measure from tip of the earlobe to the nose.
Oral Pharyngeal- Measure from tip of the earlobe to the corner of the mouth.
King LT Airway- F/u with class
Surgical Cricothyroidotomy- Inhalation burns, massive maxiloofacial trauma who cannot be ventilated by other means are candidates for surgical cricothyroidotomy.
Items:
Number 10 or 15 scalpel or knife blade
Airway Tube- ET tube, Tracheotomy tube or any