Ferris and Maggie - Hour 3

The Set-Up

Adam is walking down Edmund Blvd, on a sunny Monday morning to school. Maggie is late to school and is speeding down Edmund while talking on her cell phone. Maggie isn't paying attention and hits Adam with her car while going 40 m.p.h. When Maggie sees what happens, she parks her car on the side of the road and rushes back to help Adam...

The Scene

When Maggie runs back to see what happened she sees Adam lying in the street clearly in severe pain and seems to have trouble moving. She helps him up and walks him over to the sidewalk to get him out of traffic. She sees that he is bleeding profusely from his abdomen, and has a open wound on his arm. On closer observation she notices a deformity under Adam's shirt, which she investigates by pulling up his shirt. She sees that there is a bone slightly sticking out of Adam's abdomen. She can also see that there is clear bruising all around the wound spreading up to his chest and down below his waist.

Adam doesn't have any preexisting medical conditions.

What Would You Do?

1. If you were Maggie in this situation, what would you do first?

• a. Call 911 on your cell phone
• b. Rush to stop the bleeding from his abdomen
• c. Apply ice
• d. Leave Adam and run into the school to find help

2. Which of Adam's injuries should be cared for first?

• a. The bone sticking out of his abdomen
• b. The severe bleeding from his abdomen and arm
• c. The bruising up and down the abdomen

3. How should Maggie treat Adam's bleeding arm?

• a. Apply pressure
• b. Apply compression wrap
• c. Raise the arm
• d. Pour water over the arm to clean it

4. Adam is not pale or clammy, so Maggie...

• a. Doesn't need to worry about shock, because it hasn't appeared yet.
• b. Should treat for shock ASAP, just in case
• c. Should continue to monitor breathing and circulation, and be prepared to treat for shock
• d. Shock is not an issue.

5. True or False. Maggie should reduce the the broken bone that is sticking out, so she can better treat the injury.

6. How should Maggie treat Adam's broken bone?

• a. Stabilize Adam
• b. Apply sterile gauze around the bone
• c. Apply ice packs from her lunch box around Adam's wound
• d. All of the Above
• e. Just B & C
• f. None of the Above

7. After Maggie stops Adam's severe bleeding and attends to his broken bone, next she should...

• a. Shake Adam to make sure he is still responsive
• b. Perform C.P.R.
• c. Raise Adam's head
• d. Begin the head-to-toe examination

8. What happens if Maggie treats Adam's broken bone incorrectly?

• a. Failure to reduce the rib would cause excess bleeding
• b. Failure to reduce the rib would cause bone death
• c. Reducing the rib could cause permanent damage to the bone or abdomen
• d. Reducing the rib would just cause more bleeding

9. What happens if Maggie does not tend to Adam's severe bleeding quick enough?

• a. Adam can go into shock
• b. Adam can die
• c. Permanent tissue damage can occur
• d. All of the Above
• e. Adam will be fine as long as he is eventually treated.

Christine & John-Hour 4

Situation: Anders was golfing in his front yard, when he struck Michael in the upper thigh with a golf ball causing a bruise to form instantly. Michael then dropped to the ground, hitting his head on the ground. When Michael got up his friends could tell that his face was paler than normal and they informed him to lie down right away on the grass.

Symptoms: Nausea, tired, pain in thigh, confusion, and headache









1. Seeing Michael in this position in the middle of the street, what should you do first to help him?
2. After looking at his injuries what should you take care of first?
3. After realizing he has a concussion what medical treatment should you treat him with?
4. Should you call 911 for his conditions?
5. What kind of treatment should you give for someone experiencing shock?
6. If the victims head is white what should you do with their legs?
7. What is a type of question you should ask from a SCA?
8. Should you feel if there are any deformities in his leg?
9. OPTIONAL: Do you think Michael should be a big boy and play in his next golf match??

Natalie, Katelyn and Jin Group - Hour 4

Taylor was jumproping and she suddenly lost her balance and the rope became twisted around her ankle which caused her knee to be twisted. She scraped her leg while falling where many small pebbles got in her leg. As her head hit the ground a piece of wood was sticking out from the ground and became stuck in her forehead.

Symptoms:

Leg- Pain, stinging,

Knee- Extreme pain, can not move, feeling of looseness

Head- Dizziness, nausea, and extreme pain

Questions

1. What should you do first?

2. What position should you put Taylor in?

3. What should do for the wood embedded in her head?

4. What should you do for twisted knee?(list 3 steps)

5. What should be done for the scrape on her leg?

6. What should be done once you have take care of her wounds?

7. What are some signs of head injury? ( at least 2)

8. What is a sign of a dislocated knee?

Anna Betz and Sara Lind 4

(Pale/drained complexion)








Situation: Girl is walking on the curb and lost her balance....fell in a strange way on her foot, and hit her head on the road with gash on back of head and to break her fall, she outstretched her arm and slid on her wrist she is conscious.

Victim: Nadia Karg

Symptoms: Nadia's symptoms include point tenderness on the ankle, swelling, and looseness in the ankle. She is feeling a little dizzy and foggy and there is also pain behind her head. She feels intense pain. In general, she feels very weak, and cold. There is no history of previous injuries and she is not allergic to anything.




QUIZ:

1. What is the first thing you should do in this situation?

2. What would be the second thing you would do to handle this situation?

3.Would you immobilize the neck/head?

4. How can you tell if she is in shock?

5. Judging by what you see in the photo and what you know about her symptoms, what can you conclude as a possible injury for her ankle?
A)a fracture
B)dislocation
C)sprain
D) both A&C

6. Would you call 911 in this situation?
7. If Nadia IS in shock, what would happen if you performed the wrong first-aid (sitting her up)?
8. Would it be reasonable to assume that Nadia has a concussion?
9. When/if the emergency medical assistants come, should you tell them what injuries you think she has or should you tell them how the injury happened, or both?

Injuries: Sprained left ankle, gash on back of head, laceration on wrist.

Nadia-Simone Hour 4

Sam Karg was driving her 4-wheeler and was going to fast and wasn't wearing a helmet. She completely lost control and was flown off. She landed on her head, shoulder, and her knee, along with a cut on her forehead.

Symptoms:

point tenderness in the shoulder and little movement, fatigue, coldness or clamminess, dizziness, point tenderness in the knee, confusion, irregular breathing, rapid heart beat. No history known for the victim

Quiz

1. How do you treat shock?________________________________________

2. T/F: To treat a laceration, you should give the person an ice pack?

3. Who would you call if you need medical assistance?

a. 9-1-1

b. their parents

c. a bystander

d. oprah

4. How would you find out what happened?

a. shake the victim

b. ask a bystander

c.ask the victim

d. b & c

5. T/F: a sign of a concussion is a nosebleed.

6. What do you use for a bruise?

a. guaze

b.a band-aid

c. icepack

d. all of the above

7. T/F: elevate the victims feet if they have a concussion.

8. T/F: Cover the victim if they are in shock.

Kevin and Jimmy

Stewart was skateboarding and wanted to go off a jump. The board slipped out from under Stew and he landed over the jump. Stew landed on his ankle and fell down, as he was falling down he slid on the gravel and cut his arm.



Questions:

1) What is wrong with Stewart's ankle?

2) Is Stewarts arm bleeding, Veinal or Arterial?

3) Is Stewart in shock?

4) What do you do to stop the arm from bleeding?

5) What position should Stewart's arm be put in?

6) Should you give Stewart water if he asks for it?

7) How long should you ice his ankle?

8) Should you call 911 if he is having trouble breathing?