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HEAD / CHEST ABDOMINAL INJURIES

HEAD / CHEST ABDOMINAL INJURIES. HEAD INJURIES 2. LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS DEFORMITY FLUID FROM EARS. HEAD INJURIES. PARALYSIS OR FLACCIDITY MUSCLE SPASMS/SEIZURES UNEQUAL PUPILS. SIGNS OF SHOCK. . FIRST AID 3 . FOR HEAD INJURIES. MAINTAIN AN OPEN AIRWAY

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HEAD / CHEST ABDOMINAL INJURIES

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  1. HEAD / CHEST ABDOMINAL INJURIES

  2. HEAD INJURIES2 • LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS • DEFORMITY • FLUID FROM EARS

  3. HEAD INJURIES • PARALYSIS OR FLACCIDITY • MUSCLE SPASMS/SEIZURES • UNEQUAL PUPILS SIGNS OF SHOCK

  4. . 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

  5. EYE INJURIES

  6. EYE INJURIES • AVULSED

  7. TENSION 4 PNEUMOTHORAX • INJURED LUNG / AIR IN CHEST • PRESSURE IN CHEST CAVITY • CROWDS HEART / GOOD LUNG

  8. CAN DIMINISH BLOOD FLOW TO HEART • CROWDS LUNG / DIFFICULT BREATHING

  9. SIGNS & SYMPTOMS 5 • SHOCK / IN EARLY STAGES • VEINS IN NECK BULGE • DYSPNEA • RAPID / WEAK PULSE • MUSCLES BULGE • BETWEEN RIBS • ABOVE COLLARBONE • CYANOSIS • PUPIL DILATION

  10. OPEN PNEUMOTHORAX(SUCKING CHEST WOUND) 6 • AIR ENTERS CHEST FROM OPEN WOUND

  11. FIRST AID7 • APPLY AN AIRTIGHT DRESSING • IF LUNG IS LEAKING AIR DRESSING NEEDS OPEN CORNER

  12. FLAIL CHEST 8 • TWO OR MORE RIBS BROKEN IN ONE OR MORE PLACES • PARADOXICAL . BREATHING

  13. . 9 • HEMOTHORAX • EXPOSED INTERNAL ORGANS

  14. CHECK YOUR OUTLINE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT

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