{"id":1324,"date":"2022-02-27T05:38:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T05:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2022-02-27T05:43:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T05:43:36","slug":"impaled-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/?p=1324","title":{"rendered":"Impaled Objects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>It is better to leave impaled objects in place<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2c68a2074e219f6a754ecb0bc09b33ef01d0545e_500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2c68a2074e219f6a754ecb0bc09b33ef01d0545e_500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2c68a2074e219f6a754ecb0bc09b33ef01d0545e_500x375-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Impaled objects as a general rule should not be removed.  Impaled objects are often tricky to remove without causing more damage or blood loss.  Whenever possible, the object should be stabilized with bulky dressings and the patient moved as little as possible during transport.   Controlling bleeding can be accomplished with direct pressure so long as the pressure does not apply any force to the impaled object.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only exception to the rule is if the impaled objects will interfere with the patient&#8217;s airway or the performance of CPR.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maxresdefault-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maxresdefault-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maxresdefault-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maxresdefault-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maxresdefault-1-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maxresdefault-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is better to leave impaled objects in place Impaled objects as a general rule should not be removed. Impaled objects are often tricky to remove without causing more damage or blood loss. Whenever possible, the object should be stabilized with bulky dressings and the patient moved as little as possible during transport. Controlling bleeding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[140,139,117],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1324"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1328,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324\/revisions\/1328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}