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This organ is broken up into 4 distinct chambers, with 4 valves, and connects the body and the lungs.
What is the heart.
This medication reverses the effects of opioids and can restore respiratory drive.
What is Naloxone.
These tiny air sacs in the lungs are the primary location where oxygen and CO2 exchange takes place.
What are the alveoli.
This device is used to control life-threatening extremity hemorrhage when direct pressure is not effective.
What is a tourniquet.
This high-pitched, musical breath sound is commonly associated with bronchoconstriction.
What is wheezing.
This is the amount of blood that an adult male has on average.
What is 6 liters.
What is Aspirin.
This dome-shaped skeletal muscle contracts and moves downward during normal respiration.
What is the diaphragm.
This injury often results in paradoxical motion during respirations.
What is a flail chest.
This harsh, high-pitched sound on inspiration suggests significant upper airway narrowing.
What is stridor.
Increased heart rate, increased respiratory rate, and lowering blood pressure are signs of this.
This medication stimulates the beta-2 adrenergic receptors, causing bronchial smooth muscle relaxation.
What is Albuterol.
Unlike most veins, these vessels carry oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and into the left atrium.
What are the pulmonary veins.
This device is most commonly used when a seated patient needs spinal immobilization prior to movement.
What is a KED or Vest-Type Device.
What is pulmonary edema.
When managing shock, this is a commonly overlooked component but its solution comes from NASA.
What is temperature regulation.
This medication, given for ACS, would be contraindicated in a patient taking sildenafil earlier that day.
What is Nitroglycerine.
This is the process in which oxygen and CO2 move across the capillary membrane.
What is diffusion.
Following a crush injury to a forearm, the arm becomes swollen and tense with extreme pain. This injury pattern is most likely developing.
What is compartment syndrome.
A patient experiencing a severe asthma attack initially has loud wheezing but then progresses to decreased respiratory drive and AMS. This ominous finding indicates a critically reduced airflow indicating impending respiratory failure.
What is a silent chest.
This is the percentage of blood that is made up of plasma.
What is 55%
Naloxone's ____________ may not be the same as the opioid it was meant to treat, leading to a possible return of symptoms.
What is duration of action.
This is the process that becomes interfered with when pressure from a pneumothorax reduces cardiac preload and output.
What is venous return to the heart.
JVD, hypotension, muffled heart sounds, and clear lung sounds indicate this injury after blunt chest trauma.
What is cardiac tamponade.
A patient being resuscitated with a BVM aggressively suddenly becomes hypoxic and has absent lung sounds on one side due to damage that led to a _________.