Emergency Medical Situations, Wednesday, Period 1

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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!]

Comments

Sign In [3/26]

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Snarling.

Re: Sign In [3/26]

[solarhippie]

Karolina Dean

Re: Sign In [3/26]

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Jeff Moreau

Re: Sign In [3/26]

[notagoose]

Shane Gooseman

Re: Sign In [3/26]

[shippedtomaine]

Emma White

Re: Sign In [3/26]

[suitably_heroic]

Atton Rand

Re: Sign In [3/26]

[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy Thompson

Listen to the Lecture [3/26]

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Try not to think about bug bites too hard.

Class Activity: Identify the Bite and Talk through Treatment [3/26]

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Each card has a moddable bite example on it. Depending on which type of bite and how severe it is, treat your partner. Examples of types of bites on the cards and info that would have been in the ten times longer lecture that no one wants to read are dog bites, insect and spider bites (http://www.healthline.com/health/bug-bites), and snake bites (http://www.mayoclinic.org/first-aid/first-aid-snake-bites/basics/art-20056681). No link for dog bites because ew too much blood, and warning that link for spider and insect bites has some photos at the bottom of the page.

Re: Class Activity: Identify the Bite and Talk through Treatment [3/26]

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Jeff flipped over his card -- and immediately flipped it back. "Ohhhhhh, that's a lot of blood. I hope someone's got some medi-gel."

Talk to Mercy [3/26]

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Who might have some insight on dog bites, if she's here.

Re: Talk to Mercy [3/26]

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Of course Mercy was here - multiple days late on the mun's part.

Talk to McCoy [3/26]

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Who has never been bitten by a dog. Dogs are friends.

OOC

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I saw a rattlesnake once! It threatened me, but did not bite me. I cried for an hour. I am weak.