What is called to an immediate temporary care given to a person who has been injured or suddenly ill?

What is called to an immediate temporary care given to a person who has been injured or suddenly ill?

First Aid is the immediate care given by a person to another who has been injured or has been suddenly taken ill.

What is sequence of actions that maximize the victim’s chances of survival?

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What best describes emergency care that is given to an ill or injured person until medical care can be obtained?

First aid refers to the emergency or immediate care you should provide when a person is injured or ill until full medical treatment is available.

What is a damage to the body caused by external force?

Injury, also known as physical trauma, is damage to the body caused by an external force. This may be caused by accidents, falls, hits, weapons, and other causes. Major trauma is injury that has the potential to cause prolonged disability or death.

Which of the following is the first priority in caring for a patient with a severe head injury?

“The first priority for the head-injured patient is compete and rapid physiologic resuscitation. No specific treatment should be directed at intracranial hypertension in the absence of signs of transtentorial herniation or progressive neurological deterioration not attributable to extracranial explanations.

What is the most important action you can take when someone is ill or injured?

The first important thing you should do to help an injured person is call 911. Do not worsen the injury. The person should not be moved unless he or she is at risk of being further hurt. Apply gentle pressure to stop any bleeding.

What is the top priority in the nursing care of the patient with TBI?

The first priority in any emergency is always an adequate airway. The nurse is involved in clearing the mouth, inserting an oral airway, assisting with intubation, oxygen therapy and assessing continually the patient’s respiratory system.

What is the recommended strategy for ventilating patients with traumatic brain injury?

Hyperventilation was traditionally recommended in the management of severe traumatic brain injury, but recent studies have demonstrated poor outcomes thought to be secondary to excessive cerebral vasoconstriction and reduced cerebral perfusion.

How does a brain injury affect the body?

It is important to understand that the brain functions as a whole by interrelating its component parts. The injury may only disrupt a particular step of an activity that occurs in a specific part of the brain. The interruption of that activity at any particular step, or out of sequence, can reveal the problems associated with the injury.

What happens to the brain after a closed head injury?

After a closed head injury, damage can occur in specific brain areas (localized injury) or throughout the brain (diffuse axonal injury). Damage following open head injury tends to be localized and therefore damage tends to be limited to a specific area of the brain.

What is a mild traumatic brain injury?

A concussion, also known as a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), is an injury to the brain caused by a blow or jolt to the head that disrupts normal brain functioning. When we say “concussion” moving forward, we’ll be talking about an mTBI.

What is the most common cause of brain injuries?

A 2004 study of emergency department records by the Centers for Disease Control indicated that the leading cause of brain injury is falls (28%) followed by car crashes (20%) and being struck by an object (19%).

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