Symptoms of Shock - ✔️✔️1. Sweaty but cool skin
2. Pale skin
3. Restlessness, nervousness
4. Thirst
5. Loss of blood (caused by internal or external bleeding
6. Confusion or loss of awareness
7. Faster then normal breathing rate.
8. Blotchy or bluish skin (especially around the mouth and lips)
9. Nausea and vomiting
Define Combat - ✔️✔️
Five stresses of combat - ✔️✔️1. Boredom
2. Extreme risk and fear
3. Discomfort and fatigue
4. Fog of War
5. Causalities
Directive by type - ✔️✔️1000-1999. Military Personnel
2000-2999. Telecommunications
3000-3999. Operations and Readiness
4000-4999. Logistics
5000-5999. General Admin and Management
6000-6999. Medicine and Dentistry
7000-7999. Financial Management
8000-8999. Ordnance Material
10000-10999. General Material
11000-11999. Facilities and Activities Ashore
12000-12999. Civilian Personnel
13000-13999. Aeronautical and Astronautical
Classification of burns - ✔️✔️1. First Degree
2. Second Degree
3. Third Degree
1st Degree burn - ✔️✔️Burns that are limited to the most superficial layer of the
epidermis and result only in reddening of the skin
, 2nd Degree burn - ✔️✔️Partial thickness burns cause damage into but not through the
dermas and characteristically result in blisters forming in the skin.
OPSEC - ✔️✔️The process to deny the enemy critical information about us.
Levels of security classification - ✔️✔️-Top Secret
-Secret
-Confidential
-Unclassified
3rd Degree burn - ✔️✔️- Full thickness burns destroy the skin down to the
subcutaneous fat.
- Skin may appear pale, dry, and white or it may be brown or charred.
- Clotted blood vessels may be seen through the skin and occasionally the bone
structure is exposed.
- Nerve endings are destroyed and the victim feels no pain.
- Life threatening injury
Types of heat injury - ✔️✔️1. Sunburn
2. Prickly heat rash (itching and consequent scratching can lead to infection)
3. Fungus Infection (Open sores on your feet and groin, scratching leads to open ulcers
and infection)
4. Heat Cramps (painful cramps in the muscles)
5. Heat Exhaustion (more serious then cramps)
6. Heat Stroke (most serious of the heat related problems, total collapse of the body's
heat regulatory mechanism, and life threatening)
Treating heat cramps - ✔️✔️1. Give victim small sips of water.
2. Remove the victim to a cool or shaded area.
3. massage cramped muscles.
4. If indication of a more serious condition are present, transport the victim to medical
attention
Treating heat exhaustion - ✔️✔️1. Remove excessive clothing
2. Place victim in a cool, shaded area.
3. Fan or sprinkle victim with water to keep cool.
4. If conscious, give victim small sups of water.
5. Treat victim also for shock.
6. Seek medical attention should indications if more serious problems exist.
Treating heat stroke - ✔️✔️1. Send for medical assistance.
2. Move victim to a cool, shaded area.
3. loosen victim's clothing and equipment.
4. Apply water or ice to the victim's entire body, fanning the victim as much as possible.