HEAD / CHEST ABDOMINAL INJURIES

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HEAD / CHEST ABDOMINAL INJURIES
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HEAD INJURIES 2

• LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS
• DEFORMITY
• FLUID FROM EARS

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HEAD INJURIES

• PARALYSIS OR FLACCIDITY
• MUSCLE SPASMS/SEIZURES
• UNEQUAL PUPILS

SIGNS OF SHOCK
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. FIRST AID 3
. FOR HEAD INJURIES

• MAINTAIN AN OPEN AIRWAY
• SHOCK / FLAT
• MAYBE RAISE UPPER BODY
• STABILIZE HEAD
• FLUID FROM EAR
• DRESS/BANDAGE
• NO PRESSURE ON WOUND
• IMPALED OBJECT

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EYE INJURIES
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EYE INJURIES

• AVULSED

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TENSION 4 PNEUMOTHORAX

• INJURED LUNG / AIR IN CHEST
• PRESSURE IN CHEST CAVITY
• CROWDS HEART / GOOD LUNG

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• CAN DIMINISH BLOOD FLOW TO HEART
• CROWDS LUNG / DIFFICULT BREATHING

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SIGNS SYMPTOMS 5

• SHOCK / IN EARLY STAGES
• VEINS IN NECK BULGE
• DYSPNEA
• RAPID / WEAK PULSE
• MUSCLES BULGE
• BETWEEN RIBS
• ABOVE COLLARBONE
• CYANOSIS
• PUPIL DILATION

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OPEN PNEUMOTHORAX(SUCKING CHEST WOUND)
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• AIR ENTERS CHEST FROM OPEN WOUND

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FIRST AID 7

• APPLY AN AIRTIGHT DRESSING

• IF LUNG IS LEAKING AIR DRESSING NEEDS OPEN CORNER

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FLAIL CHEST 8

• TWO OR MORE RIBS BROKEN IN ONE OR MORE PLACES

• PARADOXICAL . BREATHING

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• HEMOTHORAX

• EXPOSED INTERNAL ORGANS

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