Head Trauma/Concussion

 Garrett discussed this subject in class.  Here's a great visual that captures the mechanics:

via GIPHY

Lower Extremity Splint Selection

 

Sager Splint Process

 

Thanks to Lucy for putting this together!

Backboard SMR 1-Pager

 

John Wiser put together a great one-pager on SMR/Backboard process.

Download your version here.

Big thanks to John for his leadership in putting this together.

Heart Attack - Men's vs Women's Symptoms

 

Last week we discussed heart attacks, and reviewed the different symptoms male/female.  Thanks to Mike Nealon who pointed out this instructive article on the topic.  Thanks Mike.

Link here.

Plan for Midterm & Backboard Sunday

 Here's the plan for this coming weekend:

Midterm: Oct 9 

• Start at 09:00
• Bring your own patient
• Bring your own snack
• End appx. 14:00
• Location: Start at the Mazda dealership, then move to the Jeep dealership for the scenarios

Backboard Sunday: Oct 10

• 07:45 Coffee, 08:00 Start
• Morning: Skills instruction
• Afternoon: Practical application in a variety of situations
• Dave R. is organizing lunch
• Wear old clothes, bring knee pads
• End appx. 16:00-17:00
• Location: Mazda dealership

Splinting Week & Next Steps

 Nice job this week on splinting!  And big thanks to Dave B & Jeff for taking the lead!

Looking foward, a few updates:

- As you discussed in class, there will be no bandaging & splinting practice this weekend.  Instead, we'll meet at 5:30 next Tuesday for some additional practice.  And if necessary, we'll do a bit more of this in class as well.

- Line up your guest patient for the midterm on Saturday, Oct. 9.  Start at 9:00 at the Mazda dealership.  We'll do the skills evaluation first, and your guest patients will be done by 11:30 or so.  They can take off, or hang around to observe the mock-final exam scenarios.   After the skills evals, we'll take quick break and then roll into 3-4 scenarios that will mimic the exact final exam protocol & evaluations.  We'll likely move down the street to the Jeep dealership as it has a bit more room to accommodate the scenarios.  As we discussed, these scenarios will be great feedback for us all.  We should expect to wrap up around 2PM.

- Then look forward to Backboard Sunday on the 10th.  We'll start at 8:00 promptly.  Get a good night's sleep and be there a bit early & be ready to roll.  We should wrap up around 4PM.

For now, more practice this weekend, and we'll see you all next Tuesday.

- Bill