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| - | **Keeping the patient's vitals stable is your first priority.** | + | Step 1: Is the patient dead? (ragdolled) |
| - | + | * Yes: Mark as deceased and go to the next patient | |
| - | Step 1: Is the patient responsive? | + | * No: Go to Step 2 |
| - | * Yes: Ask him if he has wounds / he is in pain and act accordingly. | + | Step 2: Is the patient conscious? |
| - | * No: Go to step 2. | + | * Yes: Tell them to take cover (lie down, get behind buildings), go to Step 3 |
| - | + | * No: If it's safe for you go to Step 3, otherwise drag (or let someone drag) if possible and go to Step 3 | |
| - | Step 2: Is the patient wounded? | + | Step 3: Does the patient have heavy damage? (multiple limbs as well as torso and head that are wounded) |
| - | * Yes: Treat the wounds. | + | * Yes: Torniquet the damaged limbs, call for help and tell assistants what to do, bandage head and torso in that order, go to step 4 |
| - | * No: Skip this step. | + | * No: Go to step 4 |
| - | + | Step 4: Does the patient have multiple wounded limbs? | |
| - | Step 3: Does the patient have a pulse? | + | * Yes: Tourniquet the damaged limbs, treat them after another, remove tourniquets |
| - | * Yes: Go to step 4. | + | * No: Treat limb with most effective bandages at hand (when in doubt, packing bandage) |
| - | * No: If you are alone provide CPR, if you have someone else get him to do CPR while you treat the patient's wounds. Skip to step 4 or 5 depending on the situation. | + | Step 5: Use surgical kit to stitch up the wounds |
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| - | Step 4: Did the patient lose a lot of blood? | + | |
| - | * Yes: Use IVs to restore the volume of liquid in the blood stream of the patient. | + | |
| - | * No: Skip this step. | + | |
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| - | Step 5: Is the patient in pain? | + | |
| - | * Yes and stable pulse: Give him morphine. | + | |
| - | * Yes and unstable heart rate: Stabilize the heart rate before administrating morphine. | + | |
| - | * No: You're done. | + | |
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| - | Step 6: is the patient awake now? | + | |
| - | * Yes: You're done. | + | |
| - | * No: Stabilize his pulse / make sure he isn't in pain or missing blood. | + | |
| + | Step 6: Is the patient close to death? (systolic blood pressure below 70) | ||
| + | * Yes: Use IVs to raise blood pressure | ||
| + | * No: Skip | ||
| + | Step 7: Is the patient in pain? | ||
| + | * Yes and stable normal pulse: Give morphine | ||
| + | * Yes and low pulse: Raise pulse before giving morphine | ||
| + | * No: Skip | ||
| + | Step 8: Is the patient conscious? | ||
| + | * Yes: You're done | ||
| + | * No: Periodically check the IV status and their blood pressure, eventually they will wake | ||
| ==== Bandage ==== | ==== Bandage ==== | ||
| //Accessed from: Arms, Legs//\\ | //Accessed from: Arms, Legs//\\ | ||