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Delivery of O2 and removal of CO2
Perfusion
- Requires a pump (heart), fluid (blood), and vessels
Hypoperfusion inadequate flow of blood: i.e. SHOCK
shock resulting from blood or fluid loss
Hypovolemic shock
- can be a result of bleeding, burns, or dehydration
widespread vasodilation
Distributive shock
- can be caused by SEPSIS
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- Severe infection that has an initial point then spreads
throughout bloodstream
Sepsis
- Toxins from infection destroy vessel walls, leading to
capillary permeability & reduced intravascular fluid
How to treat septic shock? POWR: Position (supine), O2, Warmth, Rapid transport
loss of control of muscular tone of blood vessels (due
Neurogenic shock to a spinal cord injury & damage to the nervous
system)
hypotension and bradycardia (only vagus signal bc of
Symptoms of neurogenic sympathetic damage)
shock - usually warm, dry skin below injury (unlike other
types of shock)
Severe allergic reaction that leads to widespread
Anaphylactic shock
vasodilation
- Increased vascular permeability
Anaphylactic shock - Bronchoconstriction
symptoms - Stridor
- Hives, edema, itching
4 types of skull fractures - linear, depressed, open, basilar
A simple crack in the skull
- least deadly
Linear skull fracture
- most common
- usually perpendicular to suture in skull
Inward indentation of the skull with possible pressure
on brain
Depressed skull fracture - Usually caused from direct trauma to skull (I.e.
baseball bat to head)
- Will feel abnormal
a skull fracture with an associated open wound to the
overlying scalp
Open skull fracture
- pierced brain cavity
- worst injury, most deadly
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Terms in this set (106)
Delivery of O2 and removal of CO2
Perfusion
- Requires a pump (heart), fluid (blood), and vessels
Hypoperfusion inadequate flow of blood: i.e. SHOCK
shock resulting from blood or fluid loss
Hypovolemic shock
- can be a result of bleeding, burns, or dehydration
widespread vasodilation
Distributive shock
- can be caused by SEPSIS
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- Severe infection that has an initial point then spreads
throughout bloodstream
Sepsis
- Toxins from infection destroy vessel walls, leading to
capillary permeability & reduced intravascular fluid
How to treat septic shock? POWR: Position (supine), O2, Warmth, Rapid transport
loss of control of muscular tone of blood vessels (due
Neurogenic shock to a spinal cord injury & damage to the nervous
system)
hypotension and bradycardia (only vagus signal bc of
Symptoms of neurogenic sympathetic damage)
shock - usually warm, dry skin below injury (unlike other
types of shock)
Severe allergic reaction that leads to widespread
Anaphylactic shock
vasodilation
- Increased vascular permeability
Anaphylactic shock - Bronchoconstriction
symptoms - Stridor
- Hives, edema, itching
4 types of skull fractures - linear, depressed, open, basilar
A simple crack in the skull
- least deadly
Linear skull fracture
- most common
- usually perpendicular to suture in skull
Inward indentation of the skull with possible pressure
on brain
Depressed skull fracture - Usually caused from direct trauma to skull (I.e.
baseball bat to head)
- Will feel abnormal
a skull fracture with an associated open wound to the
overlying scalp
Open skull fracture
- pierced brain cavity
- worst injury, most deadly
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