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Military Medicine

Military medicine covers the medical needs of military service personnel in the battlefield. This also involves establishing and operating combat support hospitals. Persons in this field are exposed to a wide range of weapon-inflicted injuries.

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Why is the logo of a doctor is snake?

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The logo of a doctor featuring a snake wrapped around a staff is called the Rod of Asclepius, which originates from Greek mythology. Asclepius was the god of healing and medicine, and the snake symbolizes renewal and healing due to its shedding of skin. This symbol has been associated with medicine and healthcare for centuries.

What is name for person with no arms or legs?

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A person with no arms or legs is commonly referred to as a quadruple amputee.

What the purpose of splinting a fracture?

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Splinting is an effective first aid tip that is adopted during a fracture. Apart from other first aid tips one can use splinting to help with the injured part of the body.

A splint is a long and firm object that can be used to protect and support the fractured area. Ready-made splints are available in the market. In emergencies, one can also use splints that are available in a household such as cardboard, pillow, aluminum, rolled up newspaper, etc.

A splint is thus a necessary method to prevent damage to the injured area until the patient can visit a doctor for further treatment.

While using a splint one must carefully notice the blood circulation on the injured area is not blocked. If so, there will be a color change and this can be noticed and taken care of.

Broad materials like cloth or belts can be used to secure the splint from any damage.

Ranka Hospital, Pune provides the best treatment for bone fractures.

Where leaches helpful?

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Yes, they have some medical applications, such as causing blood to ooze continuously so that the body's own blood supply will eventually take over and a severely damaged limb can heal and survive.

What are the steps to treat an open chest wound?

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In combat. You first have to make sure the scene is safe. Move the wounded only if a life threatening situation exist. Once the person is secure and you have assessed the person needs help, and doesn't have a broken neck or some more serious affliction. Cover the chest wound with some sterile non porous material to act as a barrier to stop the flow of blood exiting the wound. Use a dressing to help control the bleeding. And use a bandage or dressing to hold it in place. Then go find professional medical help. If there are no proper medical or sanitary supplies near you. Improvise. Use your ID to seal the wound and strips of your shirt to make a bandage or a dressing.

Do you apply a bandage if the wound continues to bleed?

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If a wound is bleeding severely, it is best to cover it with a bandage and pressure. Direct pressure on an open wound may cause some damage, but stopping the bleeding is more important.

What is used to immobilize the extremity after it has been splinted and a sling is applied?

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A splint and sling are what immobilize the extremity.

How to cure a fracture?

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There is no "cure" for a fractured toe, the toe needs to be set and wrapped so it does not move. A cast cannot be placed on a single toe and a foot cast does not help as the toe will tend to move each time weight is place on the foot. A crutch or cane can be used for a few weeks but care needs to be taken by the patient not to move the toe.

What should you do with the empty quick clot combat guaze wrapper?

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place it in between the bandages.

What is the most common type of bleeding?

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Any type of wound can be dangerous an run the risk of infection. The most fatal type of wound is one that has punctured a major organ, or severed a major artery.

How do you get bends?

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To make the ball go from right to left, kick the bottom right handside of the ball with the inside of your right foot. To make the ball go from left to right, hit the bottom left handside of the ball with the outside of your right foot. And the other way round for your left foot. The harder you hit it, the more it will bend.

How do you stabilize casualty's head for thrusting jaw technique?

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by placing forearms on each side of casualty's head

What is the partial pressure of CO2 in the lungs at one atmosphere?

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Is this a trick question? One atmosphere gives normal (earth) pressure so the partial pressure would be directly equivelant to the percentage of CO2 in the air you're breathing at that time. Hopefully nil, but if you have a rebreather there will be some or if you are in a small room where you or others have already been breathing there will be some. There will be some in normal air but it should be negligible.

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The PP of CO2 at one atmosphere (at 15C at a pressure of 101325Pa) is 0.0314% of the total pressure, i.e. 14.7PSI in. or roughly 0.004616lbs/sq in. This assumes the diver is (a) on the surface (and doesn't mean 1atm above surface pressure or 29.4PSI or 33ft of sea water) and that his lungs are pressurized to exactly 1 ATM (which may be slightly off if he is holding his breath). This percentage may actually be less with a properly charged and tuned rebreather in that the CO2 scrubbing in the rebreather is intended not to remove all the CO2, but instead to reduce it to the same PP as one would find in a surface air mixture. This is as opposed to an open breathing system which, assuming an air fill and not mixed gasses, will have the same PP-CO2 as surface air and thus needs no adjustment.

This is important because the initial/normal breathing reflex is triggered by serum PP-CO2 (and not as is commonly thought, P-O2). A secondary breathing reflex pattern -- Cheyne-Stoakes respiration triggers off P-O2m but is not normal breathing and is diagnostic of severe CNS insult (i.e. if you're breathing this way you likely aren't conscious and are likely near death). Depleting all CO2 from the breathing source can result in depleted serum CO-2 which in turn fails to trigger the normal breathing reflex, and may result in hypoxia and syncope, resulant in death.

Cjonb 21:30, 2 Jun 2008 (UTC)

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The partial pressure of CO2 in the inhaled air is irrelevant. The CO2 in the lungs does not come from the inhaled air, it comes from the blood, which creates around 40 mm Hg of CO2 in the lungs, about 100 times as much as is present in the atmosphere. This is a physiological norm, essential for maintaining correct pH of the blood, with deviations to either lower or upper side being equally dangerous.

What is the preferred one man carry for an unconscious victim?

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The best method is to carry the injured person piggy back or over your shoulder in a fireman's carry.

Good answer, it leaves your hand(s) free, but remember to consider where on the body the injury is. It may not always be the best way

How do you apply the quickclot combatgauze?

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Unroll the gauze, and pack it directly into the wound while simultaneously applying direct pressure.

What type or Burn will cause both an entry and exit wound?

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I have seen electrical burns. They look like an in-and-out gunshot: small entry with big exit. The entry port - surrounding skin will look "leathery".

First aid treatments include

  • Call 911 - victim will need to be accessed for internal damage
  • assessment of consciousness of the victim,
  • monitor pulse and circulation
  • treatment of burns.

What should you do with the empty quikclot combat guaze wrapper?

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Place it between the folds of the emergency bandage

When should you use the QuikClot Comabt Gauze?

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Quickclot combat gauze is a sterile dressing that is ready-to-use from the package. It is a temporary means of controlling bleeding from a traumatic wound. One advantage is that it will not stick to the wound, so that any clotting stays in place when the bandage is removed. Kaolin is the active ingredient that decreases clotting time dramatically, and has been shown to allow earlier recovery in medical trials.


When it is not practical or feasible to apply the Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT)

Quickclot is a powder which is applied directly to the wound to prevent bleeding. Alternately it can be a quickclot infused gauze. A bandage is then wrapped around the site for protection and/or compression. The wrapper should be placed in the final outside fold of the dressing for easy identification of treatment rendered.

Quickclot combat gauze is a sterile dressing that is ready-to-use from the package. It is a temporary means of controlling bleeding from a traumatic wound. One advantage is that it will not stick to the wound, so that any clotting stays in place when the bandage is removed. Kaolin is the active ingredient that decreases clotting time dramatically, and has been shown to allow earlier recovery in medical trials.


Quickclot combat gauze is a sterile dressing that is ready-to-use from the package. It is a temporary means of controlling bleeding from a traumatic wound. One advantage is that it will not stick to the wound, so that any clotting stays in place when the bandage is removed. Kaolin is the active ingredient that decreases clotting time dramatically, and has been shown to allow earlier recovery in medical trials.

Who makes the most money in the world?

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Keith Nair

His staggering Salary of $265 000 per hour is one on the highest on record

Why is quik clot combat guaze effective in controllin bleeding?

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Quickclot combat gauze is a sterile dressing that is ready-to-use from the package. It is a temporary means of controlling bleeding from a traumatic wound. One advantage is that it will not stick to the wound, so that any clotting stays in place when the bandage is removed. Kaolin is the active ingredient that decreases clotting time dramatically, and has been shown to allow earlier recovery in medical trials.

What is used to support a fractured forarm Wrist or hand after the fracture has been splinted?

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Once the fracture is reduced (and pinned if necessary) and casted, a sling is most often used to secure and support the affected arm.