EXS 125 Study Guide - Final Guide: Tachypnea, Asthma, Perspiration

• School: Creighton University
• Department: Exercise Science and Pre-Health Professions
• Course: EXS 125
• Professor: Mary Conway

Document Summary

3 shock producing characteristics: pain, breathing difficulty (asthma attack, smoked room, severe bleeding, only one of these needed for shock to happen. Signs and symptoms of shock (94: restlessness/irritability (argumentative voice, altered levels of consciousness, nausea/vomiting, pale, ashen/gray, cool/moist skin, rapid breathing, excessive thirst, weak heartbeat. Increases risk of aspiration or pneumonia: monitor condition. 4 types of bleeding: serious internal, serious external, non-serious internal, non-serious external. External bleeding: serious: spurting blood, life threatening, serious if uncontrollable and soaks through gauze, get sterile gauze pad, use roller pad tape to hold dressing. Non-serious internal bleeding: bruise, superficial, comes with pain and swelling, treatment, cold ice pack with thin buffer, 20 min on, 20 min off, little compression and could cause vessels to tighten. If sensitive, 10/10 or 5/5: results of treatment, less: pain, swelling, discoloration. Immobilization (keep limb still: rest (crutches, boot, sling, cold, elevation (raise above heart) To prevent movement of an injured bone or joint.