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HEAD / CHEST ABDOMINAL INJURIES
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HEAD INJURIES 2 t LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS t DEFORMITY t FLUID FROM EARS
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HEAD INJURIES t PARALYSIS OR FLACCIDITY t MUSCLE SPASMS/SEIZURES t UNEQUAL PUPILS SIGNS OF SHOCK
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. FIRST AID 3. FOR HEAD INJURIES t MAINTAIN AN OPEN AIRWAY t SHOCK / FLAT – MAYBE RAISE UPPER BODY t STABILIZE HEAD t FLUID FROM EAR t DRESS/BANDAGE t NO PRESSURE ON WOUND t IMPALED OBJECT
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EYE INJURIES
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t AVULSED
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TENSION 4 PNEUMOTHORAX t INJURED LUNG / AIR IN CHEST t PRESSURE IN CHEST CAVITY t CROWDS HEART / GOOD LUNG
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t CAN DIMINISH BLOOD FLOW TO HEART t CROWDS LUNG / DIFFICULT BREATHING
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SIGNS & SYMPTOMS 5 t SHOCK / IN EARLY STAGES t VEINS IN NECK BULGE t DYSPNEA t RAPID / WEAK PULSE t MUSCLES BULGE –BETWEEN RIBS –ABOVE COLLARBONE t CYANOSIS t PUPIL DILATION
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OPEN PNEUMOTHORAX (SUCKING CHEST WOUND) 6 tAtAIR ENTERS CHEST FROM OPEN WOUND
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FIRST AID 7 t APPLY AN AIRTIGHT DRESSING t IF LUNG IS LEAKING AIR DRESSING NEEDS OPEN CORNER
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FLAIL CHEST 8 t TWO OR MORE RIBS BROKEN IN ONE OR MORE PLACES t PARADOXICAL. BREATHING
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. 9 t EXPOSED INTERNAL ORGANS t HEMOTHORAX
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