PBS 3.2.3 Project 6C Packing and Applying a Pressure Bandage

What two things is the "paramedic" doing simultaneously?

• counting pulse strength and beats per minute

• giving the EMT instructions and ordering a clotting medication

• packing the wound and applying pressure

• noting the time and pumping the BP cuff

Which is probably NOT a reason to wrap the crepe bandage around the packed wound?

• it provides compression to the area

• it holds the packing in place

• it keeps the arm from hyperextending

Why increase the BP cuff pressure to 160 mmHg?

• this is not something you are instructed to do.

• to make sure the cuff is working

• to test the dressing

• to simulate a bleed in someone with high blood pressure