Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook
8-4 NOTES: Providing oxygen allows time to treat the underlying respiratory problem. The nasal cannula is the simplest method s ...
8-5 Hyperventilate with 100% O 2 for several minutes using BVM. Have assistant hold cricoid pressure if aspiration is a risk. I ...
8-6 povidone-iodine prep, gauze, (sterile) gloves, blanket, silk free ties (for bleeders; size 3-0), 3-0 silk suture material on ...
8-7 insert an ET tube, or other long airway more than 3-4 inches to avoid intubating a single bronchus. Inflate the ET cuff if a ...
8-8 of having a pneumothorax (tension pneumothorax, simple pneumothorax, hemothorax), which will be the lung without breath soun ...
8-9 is expelling free air. In emergency conditions, use a one-way Heimlich valve instead. Cut a finger off of a latex glove. Fa ...
8-10 nitrite (methemoglobin) poisonings, although pulse oximetry will be normal. Record all findings in the patient’s medical r ...
8-11 Prepare the area. a. Free from electrical interference. b. Comfortable and private for the patient. c. Convenient for the ...
8-12 dark line on which the first R-wave fell. (c) The order is 300, 150, 100, 75, 60, 50, and so forth. The assigned numbers ar ...
8-13 Place your finger 0.5 cm below the costal margin of the patient’s xiphoid to mark the point of needle insertion. Raise the ...
8-14 guidelines). Inflate garment, legs first, then abdominal compartment, until either the patient’s blood pressure becomes ad ...
8-15 What To Do: Perform a survey of the casualty to ensure airway stabilization, adequate respirations, and hemorrhage control ...
8-16 immunization) or for those who have rare WBC antibodies and repeated febrile transfusion reactions. Determine the amount o ...
8-17 recipient tubing for the blood pack. Prime each set. Attach a sterile, large bore (16 or 18 gauge) needle to the end of the ...
8-18 b. Discard it in a container for contaminated waste. Document the procedure and significant observations on the appropriat ...
8-19 Procedure: Blood Transfusion Reaction 18D Skills and Training Manual Reviewed by COL Warren Whitlock, MC, USA When: You hav ...
8-20 a. Treatment for hemolytic reactions. (1) Stop the transfusion immediately and change the IV tubing. (2) Leave the needle i ...
8-21 What Not To Do: Do not continue a transfusion when a patient complains of difficulty breathing and feeling bad during a tra ...
8-22 Do not the use the sternal technique in patients with previous sternotomy (heart by-pass), evidence of sternal skin infecti ...
8-23 (6) Silk: Not absorbable. Fair tensile strength, excellent handling/knot tying. Moderate tissue reaction. b. Use wire sutur ...
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