Airway, breathing, circulation emergencies
Emergency Medicine and Critical Care · MBBS
Study notes
Bleeding limb — tourniquet; pressure; bleeding stops. ABC emergencies: airway (obstruction — tongue, foreign — head tilt-chin lift; suction; OPA/NPA; surgical — cricothyrotomy), breathing (tension pneumothorax — tracheal shift — needle — 2nd ICS; open — seal; asthma — nebulize; pulmonary edema — sit, nitrates), circulation (hemorrhage — direct pressure — tourniquet — TXA <3h; pelvic — binder; fluids — blood; anaphylaxis — adrenaline IM), stridor (croup — barking — dexamethasone; epiglottitis — drooling — don't instrument). Airway first — always.