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If a client is unresponsive WITHOUT suspicion of trauma? (Ex: Strokes;
Seizures)
■ Open airway with HEAD-TILT/CHIN-LIFT
○ If a client is unresponsive WITH suspicion of trauma? (Ex: MVA)
■ Open airway with JAW THRUST MENEUVER
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Heat-Related Emergencies Heat
1 2 Full Compensation
Stroke
Poisoning Snakebites; Black widow
3 4 Airway/Cervical Spine
bites
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, If a client is unresponsive WITHOUT suspicion of
trauma? (Ex: Strokes;
Seizures)
Airway/Cervical Spine ■ Open airway with HEAD-TILT/CHIN-LIFT
○ If a client is unresponsive WITH suspicion of trauma?
(Ex: MVA)
■ Open airway with JAW THRUST MENEUVER
■ Medical emergency
■ Body temperature greater than 104 degrees F
Heat-Related Emergencies
■ NO sweating → NO perspiration; Impaired sweating
Heat Stroke
■ Confusion
■ Hypotension
■ Fatigue
Heat-Related Emergencies ■ Body temperature reaches 102 degrees F
Heat Exhaustion ■ Orthostatic hypotension
■ Skin moist; SWEATING
■ Tissue freezing → Formation of the ice crystals in the
tissue and cells
Cold-Related Emergencies ■ Redness or pain in skin affected
Frostbite ■ White or grayish-yellow skin area that feels unusually
firm or waxy
■ Numbness
■ Core temperature of less than 95 degrees F
■ Body cannot compensate for heat lost
Cold-Related Emergencies ■ Shivering
Hypothermia ■ Confusion
■ Fumbling hands
■ Slurred speech
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
● Ice
● Tourniquets
Poisoning Snakebites; Black
● Heparin
widow bites
● Corticosteroids in the first 6-8 hours after the bite
■ ANTIVENOM IS MOST EFFECTIVE WITHIN 4-12
HOURS