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1
Q

What’s Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) used for?

A

Determines level of responsiveness

2
Q

What does Glasgow Coma Scale measure?

A

Eye Opening
Verbal Response
Motor Response

3
Q

What’s highest score for parts of Glasgow Coma Scale

A

Eye Opening: 4
Verbal Response: 5
Motor Response: 6

4
Q

GCS: Eye opening responses to stimuli

A

Spontaneous
To voice
To pain
None

5
Q

GCS: Verbal responses to stimuli

A
Oriented
Confused
Inappropriate Words
Incomprehensible
None
6
Q

GCS: Motor responses to stimuli

A
Obeys Command
Localizes Pain
Withdraws (pain)
Flexion (pain)
Extension (pain)
None
7
Q

Primary phase blast injuries are caused by what?

A

Pressure wave

8
Q

Secondary phase blast injuries are caused by what?

A

Flying debris

9
Q

Tertiary phase blast injuries are caused by what?

A

Victim displacement

10
Q

An adult patient has _ mL/kg of blood volume

A

70 mL/kg of blood volume

11
Q

An average-sized adult has _ L of blood volume

A

4.9 L of blood volume

12
Q

A loss of _% of blood volume or more can lead to shock

A

15% blood volume loss can lead to shock