Emergency Nursing & Disaster Preparedness Flashcards

Flashcards covering emergency nursing surveys, eye trauma triage, and stimulant toxicity management based on lecture notes.

A (ABCDEFGHIJ)

Alertness and airway with cervical spine stabilization and/or immobilization

B (ABCDEFGHIJ)

Breathing

C (ABCDEFGHIJ)

Circulation

D (ABCDEFGHIJ)

Disability

E (ABCDEFGHIJ)

Exposure and environmental control

F (ABCDEFGHIJ)

Full set of vital signs and family presence

G (ABCDEFGHIJ)

Get other monitoring devices

H (ABCDEFGHIJ)

History and Head to toe assessment

I (ABCDEFGHIJ)

Inspect posterior surfaces

J (ABCDEFGHIJ)

Just keep monitoring

Primary survey

The initial assessment phase where life-threatening conditions related to ABCs must be identified and interventions started immediately before proceeding.

Trauma Patients Assessment

Consists of a Primary survey and a secondary survey.

Nontrauma Patients Assessment

Consists of a Primary survey and a focused assessment.

Alkaline chemical burn

A burn involving a substance with a $pH > 7$; these are most harmful because they can penetrate the eye and damage the inner components.

Acidic chemical burn

A burn involving a substance with a $pH < 7$; these are unable to penetrate the eye but can damage the cornea.

Morgan lens

A sterile plastic device resembling a contact that floats over the eye to provide continuous irrigation for thermal burns, chemical burns, or nonembedded foreign materials.

Emergent Eye injury (Level 2 Subjective)

Findings include severe pain, flashing light in visual field, unilateral painless loss of vision, and persistent blurred/double vision.

Blood in iris

An objective finding of an emergent (Level 2) eye injury involving blood in the colored part of the eye.

Urgent Eye injury fever threshold

Swollen eyelids that are red, warm to touch, and associated with a fever $> 101.4$.

Stimulant Toxicity Cardiovascular findings

Includes $\text{increased BP}$, $\text{increased HR}$, chest pain, diaphoresis, dysrhythmias, myocardial ischemia, and palpitations.

Stimulant Toxicity seizure treatment

Administration of IV diazepam or lorazepam.

Stimulant Toxicity psychosis treatment

Administration of IV antipsychotic drugs for psychosis and hallucinations.

Gastric lavage

An emergency intervention for stimulant toxicity implemented specifically in cases of recent ingestion.