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Cardiac Massage - Key Notes
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Dyspnoea
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Examination & Prioritisation
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Fractures, Dislocations, Sprains
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Haemorrhage
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Handling Injured Animals
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Other Emergency Situations
Placing a tracheotomy tube
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Poisoning
Respiratory Failure - Key Notes
Robert Jones Dressing - Practical Task
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Wounds, Bites, Stings, Scalds & Burns
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General Nursing
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Genetics & Animal Breeding
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Respiratory Failure - Key Notes
KEY NOTES
Signs of respiratory failure:
Cyanosis.
Tachypnoea.
Dyspnoea.
Orthopnoea.
Tachycardia.
Weak pulse.
Assuming sitting position with abducted elbows.
Collapse.
Unconsciousness.
Possible causes of respiratory failure:
Trauma (ruptured diaphragm, pneumothorax, haemeothorax).
Airway obstruction (pulmonary oedema, laryngeal paralysis).
Pulmonary embolism.
Neoplasia (with metastases to the lungs).
Anaesthetic overdose.
Pneumonia.
Hydrothorax (pleural effusion).
Paralysis of the respiratory muscles (tetanus).
Poisoning.
Gastric torsion (due to pressure on the diaphragm or circulatory compromise).
Brachycephalic airway obstruction syndrome (BAOS)
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