| Medical Terminology | Circulatory System and Bleeding | Trauma | Funsies | Assessment Questions |
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What is it called when the body can no longer compensate for low blood volume or lack of perfusion? A late sign is decreasing blood pressure.
Decompensated Shock
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What are the three major types of blood vessels?
Arteries, Capillaries, and Veins
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What is DCAP-BTLS?
Deformities, Contusions, Abrasions, Penetrating or Perforations, Burns, Tenderness, Lacerations, and Swelling
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What is there one of in every corner and two of in every room?
The letter O.
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Your patient is a 9yo with a scalp laceration. What complication is your patient more likely to have than an adult?
Hypotension
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What is the method for estimating the extent of a burn? The palm and fingers of the patient's own hand equal about 1% of the body's surface area, and compared to estimate the size of the burn.
Rule of Palm
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What are the functions of the blood? (There's five)
Transportation of gases, Nutrition, Excretion, Protection, and Regulation
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What is the only time you should remove an impaled object?
If the object is impaled in the cheek, and is obstructing the airway.
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What has 10 letters and starts with gas?
An automobile.
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What group of chemicals cause liquefaction necrosis and will burn through the skin the deepest?
Bases (alkalis)
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What is a type of pneumothorax in which air that enters the chest cavity is prevented from escaping.
Tension Pneumothorax
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What are the four pathophysiologies of shock?
Volume problems, Pump problems, Blood vessel tone problems, and Obstruction of blood flow
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What is it called when an object impacts the center of the chest when the heart is electrically vulnerable?
Commotio Cordis
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The more there is, the less you see. What am I?
Darkness
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You have a patient with a complaint of acute right leg pain that started three hours ago. He said the pain is a 9/10, and the extremity is dusky and cool to the touch. What is the patient suffering from?
Arterial Occlusion
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What is a fracture in which the bone is broken in several places.
Comminuted Fracture
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What are the steps to controlling bleeding?
Direct pressure, Wound packing, Hemostatic agents, and Tourniquets.
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What is the difference between a tendon and a ligament?
Tendons are tissues that connect muscle to bone, and ligaments are tissues that connect bone to bone.
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What is it that given one, you'll either have two or none?
A choice.
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What is the BVM volume for a baby that's around 1 year old?
200mL
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What is the condition resulting from nitrogen trapped in the body's tissues, caused by coming up too quickly from a deep, prolonged dive.
Decompression Sickness
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What are the steps to treating shock?
Maintain the airway, Prevent hypoxia, Control bleeding, and Keep the patient warm
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What is the "Golden Hour"
The need for critical trauma patients to get to surgery within 1 hour of injury.
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What word has KST in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end?
Inkstand
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What is the best tool to perform a rapid 15-30 second assessment for a 4yo patient's status?
The Pediatric Assessment Triangle
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