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