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Unusable athletic injuries are treated with? - ANS immobilization and evacuation
Certification as a wilderness medicine provider? - ANS indicated you have completed training
Wilderness medicine is different from urban medicine because wilderness medicine has? -
ANS extended patient contact time, environmental challenges and improvised gear
The most common injuries consistently reported on wilderness expeditions are? - ANS soft
tissue wounds
a ptient in compensatory shock? - ANS maintains adequate perfusion with vasoconstriction,
increased HR and RR
Compartment syndrome is? - ANS pressure in a muscle secondary to an injury
A hypothermic patient? - ANS Can be treated with a hypothermia wrap
Your tent mate has accidentally swallowed a small amount of white gas. You recommend that
she? - ANS Call poison control
We guard against allergic response to a medication by? - ANS Asking the patient is they have
taken a medication previously
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, Treatment principles for snow blindness include? - ANS cool compress over the eyes
A pneumothorax is? - ANS air in the chest
sunscreens? - ANS should be applied several times a day
Abandonment occurs when? - ANS You turn over patient care to a person unable to manage
the patient
To effectively make water safe to drink it needs to? - ANS Be hot enough for a rolling boil
In a hydrated person urine is commonly? - ANS light yellow or clear
Recommended treatments for pit viper bites include? - ANS transporting the victim to the
hospital for antivenom
A patient with a fever that is greater than 102 or that persists for 48 hours should be? -
ANS evacuated to definitive care
When we check the pelvis in the head to toe exam we? - ANS Press in on the iliac crests
rapidly evacuate a patient with a headache if the headache? - ANS is sudden, severe or is
associated with altered mental status
Urinary tract infections? - ANS can be accompanies by fever and blood in the urine
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