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MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT. EXTERNAL BLEEDING, INTERNAL BLEEDING AND SHOCK UNIT 6. EXTERNAL BLEEDING. MANAGEMENT APPLY GLOVES APPLY DIRECT PRESSURE ELEVATE INJURED AREA APPLY INDIRECT PRESSURE MONITOR VITALS; ACTIVATE EMS IF NEEDED * HAVE CLASS PERFORM SKILLS. INTERNAL BLEEDING SIGNS/SYMPTOMS.

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MANAGEMENT

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  1. MANAGEMENT EXTERNAL BLEEDING, INTERNAL BLEEDING AND SHOCK UNIT 6

  2. EXTERNAL BLEEDING MANAGEMENT • APPLY GLOVES • APPLY DIRECT PRESSURE • ELEVATE INJURED AREA • APPLY INDIRECT PRESSURE • MONITOR VITALS; ACTIVATE EMS IF NEEDED * HAVE CLASS PERFORM SKILLS

  3. INTERNAL BLEEDINGSIGNS/SYMPTOMS • BLEEDING FROM MOUTH, RECTUM OR OTHER BODY OPENINGS • LOW BP (90/60 OR LOWER) • RAPID, WEAK PULSE • SEVERE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS, RAPID BREATHING • PALE, COLD, CLAMMY SKIN WITH PROFUSE SWEATING • FEELING OF DDOM, RESTLESSNESS, OR ANXIETY • DULL EYES, DILATE PUPILS THAT ARE SLOW OR DO NOT RESPOND TO LIGHT • PAIN, TENDERNESS, SWELLING, OR DISCOLORATION AT INJURY SIGHT • DIZZINESS IN ABSENCE OF OTHER SYMPTOMS • NAUSEA/VOMITING BLOOD • BLOOD MAY LOOK LIKE COFFEE GROUNDS • BLOOD IN URINE OR DECREASED URINARY OUTPUT • RIGIDITY OR SPASMS OF ABDOMINAL WALL • ALTERED LOC • LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS

  4. MANAGEMENT OF INTERNAL BLEEDING • AIR/VACUUM SPLINTS (IF NOT FRACTURE) • MONITOR VITALS • IF SEVERE, NOTIFY EMS • KEEP ATHLETE COMFORTBALE AND STABILIZED • MONITOR/TREAT FOR SHOCK

  5. SHOCK • WHAT IS IT? • OCCURS WHEN THERE IS DIMINISHED AMOUNT OF BLOOD • NOT ENOUGH OXYGENATED BLOOD CELLS AVAILABLE • ESPECIALLY TO CNS • DILATION OF BLOOD VESSELS • BLOOD PLASMA LOST AND RBCs SLOW OR STAGNATE • CAUSES WIDESPREAD TISSUE DEATH

  6. SHOCK • SIGNS/SYMPTOMS • LOW BP • RAPID/WEAK PULSE • EXTREME THIRST • SLUGGISH • SHALLOW RESPIRATION • PALE, COOL, CLAMMY SKIN • PROFUSE SWEATING • DILATED PUPILS • MANAGEMENT • MAINTAIN BODY HEAT (BLANKETS) • ELEVATE FEET 8-12” • NO FLUIDS • TALK TO INDIVIDUAL AND GET REPSONSES

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