Emergencies and resuscitation flashcards

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Twenty flashcards on emergency care: CPR numbers, airway, anaphylaxis, stroke and shock.

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Adult compression rate?: 100 to 120 per minute.
Adult compression depth?: At least 2 inches (5 cm).
Single-rescuer ratio for adults?: 30 compressions to 2 breaths.
Breath rate with a pulse but not breathing (adult)?: One breath every 6 seconds.
Anaphylaxis first drug and site?: IM epinephrine in the outer thigh.
Opioid overdose priority?: Ventilate, then give naloxone.
Stroke: the time that matters?: Time last known well.
Check before calling it a stroke?: Blood glucose.
Tension pneumothorax signs?: Severe distress, absent breath sounds on one side, low blood pressure.
Severe limb bleeding?: Tourniquet high and tight.
Junctional bleeding (groin, armpit)?: Pack the wound and hold pressure.
Sepsis: antibiotics within?: One hour for likely septic shock.
Early sign of shock?: Fast heart rate with cool pale skin.
Status epilepticus definition used in the field?: Seizure over 5 minutes or repeated without recovery.
Heat stroke first treatment?: Immediate cooling, best by cold water immersion.
Hypothermia handling?: Gentle, horizontal, insulate and warm.
Newborn not breathing: first key action?: Ventilate within the first minute.
Newborn compressions ratio?: 3 compressions to 1 breath.
Drowning CPR priority?: Early rescue breaths.
START triage: breathing over 30 per minute?: Immediate (red).