Med Administration
At what degree angle is a subcutaneous medication to be administered?
45 degree angle (page 853)
"____ ____ radios are the most powerful radios in the communications system, with a transmitter output power of us to 275 watts."
Base station (page 171)
"Hyperventilation is a condition in which the elimination of carbon dioxide exceeds its production. In this case, the capnographic waveforms are small and the ETCO2 value is correspondingly low (less than ____ mm Hg).
35 (page 979)
What is the full name of the curved laryngoscope blade?
Macintosh (page 1026)
"In anatomy, a body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline."
Bilateral (page 264)
"Syringe capacities vary from _ to _ mL."
1 to 60 (page 847)
"A ____ is a specialized base station transceiver with a powerful transmitter and a large antenna, typically located on a high spot such as a tower, mountaintop, or tall building."
Repeater (page 172)
Referencing captonography, "A normal waveform has ____ distinct phases."
Four (page 978)
"ET tubes range in size from __ to __ mm in inside diameter, and from 12 to 32 cm in length."
2.0 to 10.0 (page 1025)
"The sole or bottom surface of the foot."
Plantar (page 264)
"Subcutaneous injections are given into the loose connective tissue between the dermis and the muscle layer using a __ to __ gauge 0.5- to 1-inch needle."
24 to 26 gauge
"_____ is the measurement and transmission of vital signs and other physiologic data to a remote terminal."
Biotelemetry (page 176)
"[D]eveloped... in 1985 to predict the relative difficulty of intubation[,] this classification notes the oropharyngeal structures visible in an upright, seated patient who is conscious and alert and is able to fully open the mouth."
"Suctioning the trachea can also cause cardiac dysrhythmias; ____ ____ has been reported during trachobronchial suctioning. For these reasons, you should avoid suctioning through an ET tube unless the secretions are so massive that they interfere with ventilation."
Cardiac arrest (page 1047)
"Maximum flexion or flexion beyond the normal range of motion."
"In general, a __ to __ gauge needle is used for an IM injection."
19 to 23 (page 855)
"If you have a long message to transmit, then break the message into __-second segments..."
30 (page 179)
"A _____ spasm results in spasmodic closure of the vocal cords, completely occluding the airway."
Laryngeal (page 990)
Pertaining to ET tube insertion, "advance the ET tube until the proximal end of the cuff is ___ to ___ inch ([or] ___ to ___ cm) past the vocal cords."
*Inches or centimeters is acceptable. Both are not required.
0.5 to 0.75 inch (1 to 2 cm) (page 1032)
"Movement of a limb toward the midline."
Adduction (page 263)
Please list two of the four common sites for intramuscular injections.
"EMS and public safety communications systems typically operate in the very high frequency (VHF) band, from 30 MHz to 300 MHz, and in the ultra high frequency (UHF) band, from ___ MHz to ___ GHz."
300 MHz to 3.0 GHz (page 170)
"If your initial paralytic of choice is succinylcholine, then consider administering a _____ dose, typically 10% of the normal dose, of a nondepolarizing paralytic, if time permits."
Defasciculating (page 1055)
Pertaining to nasotrachel intubation, "If the right nostril is obstucted or if significant resistance is met, then insert the tube into the left nostril, but rotate the tube ___ degrees as its tip enters the nasopharynx."
180 (page 1043)
"An imaginary plane in which the body is cut into front and back portions."
Coronal (frontal) plane (page 264)