Chapter 9: Hemorrhage and Soft Tissue Trauma
Read Chapter 9.
Your textbook has the most detailed and expanded information for each topic. There are chapter workbook assignments to complete with each lesson.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate various bandaging and dressing skills.
- Describe when it is appropriate to use a tourniquet.
- Describe the signs and symptoms of internal and external hemorrhage.
- Demonstrate the care for internal and external hemorrhage.
- Identify how patient positioning can aid in hemorrhage control.
- Identify the signs and symptoms of various soft tissue trauma.
- Describe how to estimate the extent of the burn area on a patient.
- Describe the care for burns (including indications for dressing).
- Identify the stages of wound healing.
- Demonstrate the care for an eye injury, including a flash burn (arc flash).
- Identify when to use an eye dressing.
- Demonstrate the care for major soft tissue trauma (e.g., amputation).
- Identify the return-to-work protocols for soft tissue trauma.
23 Lessons