- -Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA)=possible cervical injury(C-Spine).
-Stablization of the C-spine injury is done only AFTER managing the Air way.
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Possible C-Spine injury
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jaw thrust
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Clear oral rout to trachea
- orotracheal intubation
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Subtopic 2
- nasotracheal intubation
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oral and nasal intubation is impossible
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cricothyroidotomy
- 2nd(RESPIRATION):Chest physical exam to confirm Breathing & Ventilation(= equal bilateral breath sounds, no tracheal shift, & normal percussion on both lungs) Suction of the moral & Nasal cavity to prevent aspiration
- 3ed(CIRCULATION): CVS Physical Exam, I.V. worm NS, apply external pressure to any Bleeding
- 4th(CNS): Degree of mental Disability Assessment
- Apgar score for new born(out of 0-10)
- RESPIRATION
- Cry=2
- weak cry=1
- no cry=0
- CIRCULATION
- Heart Rate
- more then 100 =2
- less then 100=1
- not palpable=0
- Skin Color
- all pink=2
- Extremities are blue=1
- all blue or pale=0
- CNS
- Mu. Tone
- Flexion=2
- weak flexion=1
- no flextion=0
- Reflexes
- Cough or sneeze=2
- Grimace=1
- no reflexes=0
- Glasco Coma Scale
- Subtopic 1
- Subtopic 2
- Subtopic 3
- Subtopic 3
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No C-spine injury
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can speak normally=breathing normally
- do not intubate !