Medical
Trauma
Special Considerations
Operations
Potpourri
100
When using OPQRST, what question would help you determine P?
Does anything make the pain better or worse?
100
What traumatic chest injury may result in massive, often fatal internal hemorrhage?
Aortic Dissection
100
What is frequently problematic for tracheostomy patients?
Mucus builup
100
What is your primary concern when on scene of a highway accident?
Watching for distracted drivers who are driving past the scene.
100
The EMT's obligation to provide care either as a formal or ethical responsibility is called?
Duty to Act
200
What is another name for a severe allergic reaction?
Anaphylactic Shock
200
AVPU is used to determine:
Responsiveness
200
If a patient's home ventilator stops working, you should:
Use BVM on the pt
200
When should you complete your PCR?
As soon as you are free from patient duties
200
Loosing body heat by sitting on cold bleachers is an example of?
Conduction
300
Pain that the pt feels in a body part that has nothing to do with a diseased organ is termed:
Referred pain
300
What injuries would require an occlusive dressing?
Chest, neck and abdominal open wounds
300
How long should you suction the airway?
Not longer than 10 seconds
300
What size should a helicopter landing zone be?
100 X 100 feet
300
What is the Ryan White Care Act?
Mandated procedure by which HCP can find out if they have been exposed
400
What is the normal Respiratory Rate for an adult?
12-20
400
Monitoring mental status by Eye-opening, Motor response and Verbal response is utilizing the:
Glasgow Coma Scale
400
What type of consent must be used by the EMT when seeking to treat a mentally competent adult?
Expressed consent
400
What colors identify an oxygen cylinder?
Green and White
400
START system relies on simple commands and what 3 parameters?
Respiration, Pulse and mental status
500
What are the 5 R's?
Patient, Medication, Time, Dose, Route
500
A burn extending into the subcutaneous fat would be classified as which type of burn?
Full Thickness
500
A suction unit must be able to generate a vacuum of:
300mmHg
500
Operators of emergency vehicles that drive with the safety of others in mind is called:
Due Regard
500
What is caused by trapped nitrogen gas in the tissue?
Decompression Sickness
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