HEAD / CHEST ABDOMINAL INJURIES
HEAD INJURIES 2
LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESSDEFORMITYFLUID FROM EARS
HEAD INJURIES
PARALYSIS OR FLACCIDITYMUSCLE SPASMS/SEIZURESUNEQUAL PUPILS
SIGNS OF SHOCK
. FIRST AID 3 . FOR HEAD INJURIES MAINTAIN AN OPEN AIRWAY
SHOCK / FLAT– MAYBE RAISE UPPER BODY
STABILIZE HEAD FLUID FROM EAR DRESS/BANDAGE
NO PRESSURE ON WOUND IMPALED OBJECT
TENSION 4 PNEUMOTHORAX
INJURED LUNG / AIR IN CHEST
PRESSURE IN CHEST CAVITYCROWDS HEART / GOOD
LUNG
CAN DIMINISH BLOOD FLOW TO HEART
CROWDS LUNG / DIFFICULT BREATHING
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS 5 SHOCK / IN EARLY STAGES VEINS IN NECK BULGE DYSPNEA RAPID / WEAK PULSE MUSCLES BULGE
– BETWEEN RIBS– ABOVE COLLARBONE
CYANOSIS PUPIL DILATION
OPEN PNEUMOTHORAX(SUCKING CHEST WOUND) 6
AIR ENTERS CHEST FROM OPEN WOUND
FIRST AID 7
APPLY AN AIRTIGHT DRESSING
IF LUNG IS LEAKING AIR DRESSING NEEDS OPEN CORNER
FLAIL CHEST 8
TWO OR MORE RIBS BROKEN IN ONE OR MORE PLACES
PARADOXICAL . BREATHING
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