INJURY MANAGEMENT: THREAT TO LIFE Use the following notes to help you teach Injury Management: THREAT TO LIFE.


• Burn—Suspect a severe burn if the burn covers a large part of the body or face or if the skin is blistered or has a charred (blackened) appearance.


• Cut—Suspect severe blood loss if there is lots of bright red blood pumping out of a cut.


• Loss of consciousness—Can be the result of a head injury, poison, drug overdose, convulsion, diabetic emergency (sugar too high or too low), shock due to severe infection, severe loss of blood or severe burn.


• Poisoning—Immediate symptoms could mean the child gags, vomits, becomes sleepy, has convulsions, trouble breathing, or loss of consciousness. Many poisons that don’t cause immediate symptoms are causing problems you can’t see. If you suspect poisoning but see no immediate symptoms, call back-up adult and call Poison Center 800-222-1222 while back-up adult is on the way.


• Trouble breathing from electrical shock—is due to the electrical current causing the muscles to become stiff and rigid. The child can’t take a breath.


• Trouble breathing from severe allergic reaction—is due to the airway swelling closed from allergic reaction to bee sting, peanuts, etc.


Broken bone with Trouble


breathing from choking, drowning,


electrical shock, asthma, severe allergic reaction, convulsion or seizure


deformity and break in skin or cold or blue skin below injured part


Burn with blisters over large area or any electrical burn


Serious head, neck, or


back injury


Cut that is CALL 9-1-1


FOR THREAT TO LIFE


Loss of consciousness—


Puncture wound due to large object


becomes unaware of surroundings, not able to respond


Poisoning with symptoms


No breathing— sudden infant


death syndrome


pumping blood rapidly


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