Emergency Medical Situations, Wednesday, Period 1
Each desk in McCoy's classroom had a card on it, with the blank side flipped upwards. McCoy wrote on the board before students started filing in to please wait to reveal cards, knowing full well that there were a few people who were going to peek. If they could keep quiet about it, though, he'd be happy.
"Today we're looking at animal bites. Each of you has a card on your desk. The card has a picture on the opposite side of a type of bite. Assume the bite appears on the calf of your partner's leg. Your job is to identify what kind of bite it is by approximations--large or small mammalian, snake, bug, it goes on. You also will need to tell your partner how to treat the bite. If it is only a skin puncture, treat it like you would any other cut. But if it is showing signs of infection, you'll have to clean it out--or in cases of venom and poison, de- elevate the infected limb below the heart. In all cases, keeping calm is key--blood flow increases with panic, and that can spread a poison quicker and cause a person to bleed out faster. Good luck!"
[Wait for OCD!Have at it!]
"Today we're looking at animal bites. Each of you has a card on your desk. The card has a picture on the opposite side of a type of bite. Assume the bite appears on the calf of your partner's leg. Your job is to identify what kind of bite it is by approximations--large or small mammalian, snake, bug, it goes on. You also will need to tell your partner how to treat the bite. If it is only a skin puncture, treat it like you would any other cut. But if it is showing signs of infection, you'll have to clean it out--or in cases of venom and poison, de- elevate the infected limb below the heart. In all cases, keeping calm is key--blood flow increases with panic, and that can spread a poison quicker and cause a person to bleed out faster. Good luck!"
[Wait for OCD!Have at it!]