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Bleeding & Shock Flashcards

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Bleeding control is performed during which assessment?

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Primary Assessment

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Variables for severity of bleed

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  • Amount of blood loss
  • Rate of loss
  • Other injuries/pre-existing conditions
  • Age
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Percentage of 200ml of Blood loss in an adult vs. infant

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Adult = 4%
Infant = 25%
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Types of bleeding

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  • Arterial bleeding
  • Venous bleeding
  • Capillary bleeding
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Arterial bleeding

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  • Bright red squirting blood from wound
  • Squirting coincides with the contraction of the heart
  • More difficult to control because of the higher pressure
  • As BP decreases so will the squirting
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Venous Bleeding

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  • Dark red blood with a steady flow
  • May be profuse, but it is easier to control
  • Lower pressures
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Capillary Bleeding

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  • Dark slow oozing flow
  • Easiest to control
  • May spontaneously clot on it’s own
  • Large enough area can be prone for infection (Road Rash)
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Bleeding Control techniques

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  • Direct pressure
  • Tourniquets
  • Elevation
  • Splinting
  • Hemostatic Agents
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Direct pressure

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  • 1st method for bleeding control
  • Will handle most of the wounds an EMT sees
  • Gauze applied on wound
  • Pressure dressing (Kerlix/Coban)
  • Helps allow the clotting process to take hold
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Tourniquets

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  • If bleeding is not controlled with direct pressure/bandage
  • Follow manufacturer’s instructions
  • Place High and tight
  • Must tighten until bleeding stops, no pulse past tourniquet
  • Label time and location of TK
  • 2 TK can be used
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Why splinting is important?

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Broken bones if left un-splinted the potential of laceration Increases

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Splinting should only be done on scene if pt is?

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Stable

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Hemostatic Agents

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  • Designed to improve clotting

- Extremity Use only

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Types of Hemostatic Agents

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  • Fibrinogen
  • Thrombin
  • Chitosan
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Isolated nose bleed aka?

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Epistaxis

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Nose bleed Rx

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Have pt lean slightly forward & place direct pressure with ice pack on the bridge of the nose

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Impaled Objects

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  • Leave in place! Unless object is compromising the airway or breathing
  • Pad and stabilize around the object
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Internal bleeding considerations

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  • MOI
  • NOI
  • Vitals
  • BP
  • Skin signs
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Pneumatic antishock garment (PASG) aka MAST indications

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  • Pelvic Fracture with BP greater than 90mmHg
  • Internal ABDM bleed
  • Retroperitoneal bleed with hypotension
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PASG contraindications

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  • Penetrating thoracic trauma
  • Splinting of Lower extremity fracture
  • Eviscerated ABDM Organs
  • Impaled object in ABDM
  • Pregnant
  • Cardiopulmonary Arrest
  • CHF
  • Pulmonary Edema
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Soft Tissue Injuries

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  • Contusion
  • Hematoma
  • Crush Injury
  • Abrasions
  • Lacerations
  • Avulsions
  • Amputations
  • Penetration/Puncture
  • Bites
  • Clamping Injury
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Contusion

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  • A Bruise
  • Blood Vessels in the dermis are damaged
  • Localized Swelling/Pain
  • Discoloration
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Hematoma

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  • Similar to contusion
  • Larger blood vessels involved
  • Large lump with bluish discoloration from blood pooling
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Crush injury

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  • Can cause severe under lying internal injuries
  • Organs can pop
  • Can be opened or closed
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Abrasions
- Scraping away the epidermis - Oozing capillary bleed - Can be serious with greater surface area - “Road Rash”
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Lacerations
- A break in the skin of varying depth - Extent of Bleeding depends on vessels hit - “linear” clean razor cut - “Stellate” irregular jagged cut from blunt objects
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Avulsions
- Loose flap of skin & underlying soft tissue - Still attached would be a “partial” - Torn free would be a “total” or “Complete” - Bleeding will be dependent on depth and internal structures hit
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Amputations
- Disruption in the continuity of an extremity or other body part - Bleeding can be massive - Incomplete amputations tend to bleed more than complete amputations.
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Penetrations/Punctures
- Sharp object being driven into the skin - Entry wound may seem small with little bleeding, but injuries below could be massive - Severity depends on location, depth, size, & force of object
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Bites
- Are a combination of penetration/puncture and crush injuries - Severity depends on location, force, & size of animal.
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Clamping Injury
-Body part is caught by or strangled by a piece of machinery
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Penetrating chest trauma
- Treat all wounds from the neck to the naval as sucking chest wounds - Anticipate pneumothorax
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Rx for penetrating chest wound
Occlusive dressing or chest seal to stop bleeding
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4 categories of shock
- Hypovolemic Shock - Distributive Shock - Cariogenic Shock - Obstructive Shock
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Hypovolemic Shock
- Inadequate volume due to blood or other fluid loss | - Shock Caused by low blood volume
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Medical problems associated with fluid loss
- Long bouts of Vomiting - Diarrhea - Fluid Loss associated with burns
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Distributive Shock
- Decrease in intravascular volume caused by massive systemic vasodilation - No actual fluid loss in some cases - Volume becomes Inadequate to fill Increased size
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Distributive Shock S/Sx
-Increased capillary permeability -Fluid leaks out of the capillary beds leading to fluid loss -Loss in peripheral vascular resistance (PVR) Leads to Lower Systolic pressures -Preload is reduced , which reduces cardiac output
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Cardiogenic Shock
- Heart is ineffective as a pump - When the heart has lost 40% or more of the left ventricle through MI the heart will have reduced output (most likely cause) - The left ventricle does not have the ability to create the force to eject all the blood from the chamber.
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What kind of patients are prone to cardiogenic shock?
Pt’s with CHF, Infection, & abnormal heart rhythms
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Obstructive Shock
Condition that Obstructs blood flow
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What does large clots like Pulmonary Embolism do?
Reduces preload and lead to decreased cardiac output
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What does tension pneumothorax and pericardial tamponade do?
- Compress the heart to prevent adequate ventricular filling - Reduces cardiac output - Lowers systolic blood pressure
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Body response to shock
- Increased heart rate - Increased Force of ventricular contraction - Vasoconstriction - Release of epinephrine and norepinephrine (Fight or flight)
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Stages of shock
- Compensatory shock - Decompensatory shock - Irreversible shock
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Compensatory Shock
- The body is able to maintain normal BP to vital organs. | - Increasing cardiac output sustains BP for a time
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Decompensatory Shock or Progressive Shock
- Body’s compensatory systems are failing - Cells & Tissues are becoming ischemic from lack of profusion - Blood is beginning to pool
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Irreversible Shock
- the body dies, cell/tissue death and organ shut down | - regardless of Rx Pts outcome will be death
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S/Sx of compensated shock
- Anxiety - Normal BP - Tachycardia (100+) - Pulse can begin to weaken - Slight Increase in RR - Skins May be poor
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S/Sx of Decompensated shock
- ALOC to unresponsive - Hypotension, this shows transition to decompensated - Marked Tachycardia (130+) - Pulse quality weak to absent - Skins white and waxy
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Anaphylactic Shock
- Distributive Shock - Capillaries becomes permeable - Epinephrine is the Rx
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Septic Shock
- Massive Infection releases toxins in the blood - Distributive Shock - Vessels dilate - Capillaries leak - Possible Fever
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Neurogenic Shock
- Distributive Shock - AKA Vasogenic Shock - Caused by spinal cord injury - Loss of sympathetic tone cause vessels to dilate - No blood loss - Preload is decreased dropping BP
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