Flashcards in BEC 2 Deck (4):
1
ABCDE
A - airway with c-spine protection
B - breathing and oxygenation
C - circulation and haemorrhage control
D - disability/ level of consciousness
E - exposure / examination / evidence / everything else
2
AVPU
- levels of response
A - alert
V - voice = confused, inappropriate words, utters sounds, no verbal response
P - pain = localises pain, repsonds only
U - unresponsive
3
blockages to airway
- decreased level of consciousness (LOC)
- body fluids
- foreign bodies
- inflammation
- infection
- trauma
- spasm
4