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| Unconsciousness at a public location. |
| Sudden unconsciousness at home. |
| Trauma |
| Survival Needs |
| Seizures |
| Burns |
| Drowning |
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| What should you elaborate about a symptom or sign? |
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What should an emergency medical record look like?
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What are various symptoms, signs, statements, questions, issues, and histories that should raise suspicion of a medical emergency? There are at least 104 such symptoms, signs, statements, questions, issues, histories, and scenarios. |
| Acute stress reaction. |
| Abdominal Pain.(Stomach pain) |
| Altered sensorium. |
| Any sudden or severe pain. |
| Animal bites (may require rabies or tetanus shot). |
| Allergic reactions. |
| Breathing difficulties. |
| Bleeding from any orifice or any part of human body that will not stop. |
| Bleeding which does not stop after applying pressure. |
| Being beaten by someone. |
| Burns. |
| Bites. |
| Bloody Sputum |
| Broken bones. |
| Behavior-related emergencies. |
| Change in mental status (such as unusual behavior, confusion, and difficulty arousing). |
| Changes in vision. |
| Chest pain. |
| Choking. |
| Cough with fever. |
| Coughing up or vomiting blood. |
| Confusion or changes in mental status |
| Cuts and abrasions. |
| Chest or upper abdominal pain or pressure lasting two minutes or more. |
| Difficulty breathing. |
| Difficulty speaking. |
| Disoriented. |
| Difficulty getting up. |
| Difficulty in passing urine. |
| Difficulty in passing feces. |
| Drowning. |
| Dental emergencies. |
| Earaches and ear infections. |
| Electrical injury shock. |
| Fainting. |
| Fever. |
| Foreign bodies in nose or ears. |
| Fainting or loss of consciousness. |
| Fainting, sudden dizziness, weakness, seizure. |
| Feeling of committing suicide or murder. |
| Fever with breathlessness. |
| Head or spine injury. |
| Head injury. |
| Hypothermia - frostbite. |
| Head pain that lasts longer than five minutes. |
| Loss of consciousness. |
| Low abdominal pain. |
| Medicine overdose. |
| Major burns. |
| Nosebleeds. |
| Pain. |
| Palpitations. |
| Poisoning. |
| Persistent or severe vomiting. |
| Persistent unexplained fever even with Tylenol use. |
| Puncture wounds. |
| Rape. |
| Pregnancy-related emergencies. |
| Possible serious bone fractures. |
| Rashes. |
| Survival Needs |
| Suicidal feelings. |
| Significant trauma (to the head, stomach, chest) |
| Syncope. |
| Seizures. |
| Sore throat |
| Sunburn. |
| Severe neck or back injury. |
| Sexual intercourse due to conspiracy. |
| Severe or persistent vomiting. |
| Severe or persistent vomiting or diarrhea. |
| Severe headache. |
| Severe burns. |
| Severe pain in any part of the body that does not subside. |
| Syncope or unconsciousness. |
| Sudden or severe pain. |
| Sudden loss of vision. |
| Suicidal or homicidal feelings. |
| Sudden asthma attack that does not stop. |
| Sudden numbness or not being able to move an arm, leg, or one side of the body. |
| Sever headache with fever or vomiting. |
| Sudden injury or trauma due to a motor vehicle crash, burns, smoke inhalation, near drowning, wound, etc. |
| Sudden severe pain anywhere in the body. |
| Sudden dizziness, weakness, or change in vision. |
| Swallowing a poisonous substance. |
| Shock symptoms, e.g., confusion, disorientation, cool/clammy, pale skin. |
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Severe or persistent vomiting or diarrhea. |
| Unconsciousness. |
| Unconsciousness with diabetes. |
| Unconsciousness at a public location. |
| Sudden unconsciousness at home. |
| Unable to move |
| Uncontrolled bleeding |
| Upper abdominal pain. |
| Uncontrolled bleeding. |
| Unusual abdominal pain. |
| Unusual or persistent abdominal pain. |
| Unexplained stupor, drowsiness or disorientation. |
| Trauma with unconsciousness. |
| Trauma with cuts, sprains, or abrasions. |
| Trauma with open fracture. |
| Trauma with pain on mobility. |
| Trauma with swelling. |
| Vomiting |
| Vomiting or coughing blood. |
| Vomiting and diarrhea. |
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What are the causes of this medical condition? What is the cause in this scenario? The following situations are always considered emergencies and you should Call 911 immediately: •Bleeding that you can’t control •Severe injuries as a result of accidents such as broken bones •Choking (not breathing and not coughing) •No pulse •Loss of consciousness not related to a seizure •Seizure lasting over five minutes or continuous seizures •Electrical shock •Drowning or near drowning •Chest pain, difficulty breathing, or any other sign of a heart attack •Behavior that is dangerous to self or others and cannot be managed •Stroke or suspected stroke (paralysis, numbness, confusion) •Severe asthmatic attack when prescribed medications do not work •Poisoning including overdoses of medication. Call 911 and then call Poison Control. •Severe reactions to a medication with difficulty breathing or itching. Call at the first sign of a reaction because this can happen very quickly. •Severe reactions to insect bites or other previously unknown allergic reactions •Unable to detect breathing Following are examples of changes that may indicate a need for urgent medical care: Behavioral Changes •Rapid change in behavior or increase in challenging behavior such as aggression or self injurious behavior •Sleeping most of the day; unusual difficulty in arousing •Scratching/holding one or both ears •Holding abdomen •Dramatic change in facial expression or demeanor •Any evidence of pain or discomfort •New or sudden onset of incontinence Physical Changes •Onset of fever of 101 degrees or higher •Diarrhea or vomiting lasting more than four hours •Rash lasting several days or getting worse •Increase in seizure activity •Onset of limping, inability to walk, or difficulty in movement •Severe sore throat/difficulty swallowing •Infection at injury site •Swelling SIGNS & SYMPTOMS OF STRESS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS Psychosis (loss of contact with reality) Statements of wanting to harm self or die Statements of wanting to harm others Agitation, despair, acute panic Hysteria Nonresponsive to cues Confusion or disorientation Intoxication from substances (detox protocols necessary for some) Self-destructive behaviors Inability to calm down Problems functioning |