Use this scenario to answer questions Your unit is retur accident on I-20 feet f

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Use this scenario to answer questions Your unit is retur accident on I-20 feet from the c head, and his lower legs look fractured. ning from a call. Dispatch notifies you that you are to respond to a car at mile marker 56. Upon arrival, you find a car on its side and the patient 10 ar. As you approach the patient, you see that he has severe bleeding from his 36. What is your first priority at the scene? A: To apply a c-collar B: Open the airway C: Scene safety and BSI D: To manually stabilize the patient's neck

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36. ANS : OPEN THE AIRWAY ( RATIONALE : Trauma care always begins with the primary survey, a rapid assessment of the patient's ABCS- AIRWAY,BREATHING AND CIRCULATION. This also includes checking for potential injury to the cervical spine. applying c-collar, safety and manually stabilizing the patient should be done after assessing the patient for Airway, breathing and circulation.It is clearly stated in the question that patient is 10 feet away from the car.) 37. ANS: SPLINT ( RATIONALE: To control bleeding, pain and to immobilize the joint. ) 38.ANS : USE JAW-THRUST MANEUVER AND VENTILATE ( RATIONALE: This method is used for opening the airway in unconscious patients. When a patient is unresponsive, tongue can obstruct the airway this method help to relieve obstruction. CPR should be performed only after assessing with ABCs. Collar should be removed but that is not an initial action.) 39. ANS : TWO ( RATIONALE:Two rescuer is needed to ventilate the patient who is unresponsive. 15:2 is the compression-ventilation ratio) 40.ANS: APPLY BULKY DRESSING ( RATIONALE: Applying constant pressure on the wound is necessary to stop bleeding. Stabilizing the patient and making him calm is mandatory to stop bleeding. Dressing should be applied only after the bleeding has stopped.)   

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