Check airway maintenance with C spine protection, a nurse must note the skin color, assess conscious level, and chest movement of the patient if the patient unconscious, the medical team should open the airway by using the jaw-thrust maneuver. 2. Check breathing and ventilation, a nurse I should note if the patient is not breathing, call a hospital emergency code and start CPR. (Trauma) 3. Circulation with hemorrhage, a nurse must assess the level of consciousness, such as the Glasgow coma score and AVPU which are “alert, voice, pain and unresponsive” to control hemorrhage, check the radial and carotid pulses, check for another external bleeding.
The head rescuer must maintain manual C-spine immobilization until the head pillows and head straps are in place. Supine Procedures 1. Scene safety and size up with BSI 2. Determine MOI and the need for immobilization 3. Explain the procedure to the patient 4.
Regional and epidural anesthesia is administered to block pain or sensation in a specific area of the body such as the trunk and lower extremities. General anesthesia affects the central nervous system. A patient who has received general anesthesia will not feel any pain or sensation because they are in deep sedation. The patient is unconscious and will have no memory of the procedure. The type of anesthesia chosen by a physician is based on the severity of the procedure and the patients’ health.
So here are the steps to performing CPR on a victim. First, check the scene for immediate danger. Make sure you're not putting yourself in harm's way by administering CPR to someone unconscious. You don’t want to become a victim yourself. Do whatever is necessary to move yourself and the other person to safety.
It is known that people who are kept artificially living undergo risks and discomfort. These patients, along with their family and their hospital, suffer the consequences of supporting artificial life. The continuing practice of keeping comatose individuals on life support should be eradicated because of the agony that is faced by the patients, families, and hospitals. Life support is a set of therapies for preserving a patient’s life when that patient’s necessary body systems are not properly functioning to maintain life unaided (Gunsch). Life support may begin with basic CPR.
What would you do if they were? a. I could tell if somebody was having a heart attack if 1. Intense chest pains, which are usually described as crushing not sharp pains. 2. Pain beyond the chest to the left shoulder and arm, the back, even into the jaws and gums.
You have the feeling of your knees giving out due to a torn ligament. How to Apply First Aid to an Athlete with MCL Injury? If you’re an athlete, it is necessary for you to learn how to apply first aid to someone with an MCL injury. You can’t probably do this to yourself if you’re the one injured, but having this knowledge greatly helps if one of your teammates sustained this type of knee injury. For minor MCL injury, you can always follow the RICE method: R - Rest.
How to wash your hands Washing your hands properly is an easy way to avoid getting and spreading viruses and germs. First, remove all rings, watches, bracelets, or other jewelry on hands and wrists. Jewelry can carry pathogens and should be cleaned with a disinfectant separately, so they will not be damaged. Next, stand close enough to the sink to reach the flow of water without touching the sink with your body because the sink itself should be considered contaminated. By standing too close to the sink it may spread any contamination to your cloths.
To minimise risk of infection you need to make sure that when dealing with children that have injured themselves that you wear gloves especially when dealing with open wounds as this will minimise the risk of infection from you to the child also it will stop you from getting an infection if you have any wounds. You also need to make sure that you dispose of anything that you have used such as wipes and bandages that may have blood or anything else on it. u6.1.3 Describe suitable first aid equipment, including personal protection, and how it is used appropriately? Suitable first aid equipment (what you need in every first aid kid) a guidance leaflet, adhesive dressings, sterile eye pads, triangular bandages, medium sterile wound dressings, large sterile wound dressings, safety pins and disposable gloves. You need to make sure that when you are dealing with any injury wound especially open wounds that you wear the disposable gloves as this prevents the risk of infection to