Immunological Emergencies
What is anaphylaxis or severe allergic reaction.
The is the number for poison control.
What is 1-800-222-1222.
Feeling of persistent sadness or despair.
What is depression.
These tubes connect the ovaries to the uterus.
What are fallopian tubes.
CUPS stands for this.
What is Critical, Unstable, Potentially Unstable, Unstable.
The most simple and effective way to avoid spreading disease.
Anything that provokes an allergic reaction.
What is an allergen.
A substance that counteracts a particular poison.
What is an antidote.
What you can see of person's response to the environment. His or her actions.
What is behavior.
Menstruation typically begins between these ages.
What are 11 and 16.
The Onset and Time questions in OPQRST are asking these two questions.
What is "when did it start?" and "has it gotten any better or worse over time?"
The appropriate treatment for a patient who is unable to breath on their own.
What is the bag valve mask with oxygen.
The main drug used for treating anaphylaxis at the BLS level.
What is epinephrine.
The medical term for vomiting blood.
What is hematemesis.
A state of delusion in which a person is out of touch with reality.
Psychosis.
What is lower abdominal pain.
Pupils give insight into this organ's activity.
What is the brain?
The acronym PEARRL stands for this.
What is pupils equal accommodating, round, and reactive to light.
After giving the primary medication for treating anaphylaxis, an EMT may consider giving this medication to help with difficulty breathing.
What is albuterol.
Need for an increasing amount of a drug to produce the same effect.
What is tolerance.
An illness with psychological or behavior symptoms that may result in impaired functioning.
What is a psychological disorder.
Your assessment priority when treating a patient who is the victim of sexual assault.
What is a brief survey for life threatening injuries.
This organ, located in the lower right quandrant, can become enflamed and rupture. A potential life threat.
What is the appendix.
The minimum number of straps required to secure a patient to a stretcher or backboard.
What is three.
This disease is spread by bodily fluids and causes immunocompromise. There is no cure or vaccine but there are treatments that help people live long lives.
What is AIDS.
This medication is no longer in protocol; it binds to poisons and helps to move them safely through the digestive tract.
What is activated charcoal.
Bonus:
What is the other medication that is no longer used which caused a patient to vomit?
These are the three questions used to assess lethality of suicide.
What are:
Have you ever tried to kill yourself before?
Do you have a plan to commit suicide?
What method are you planning to use?
Special considerations taken for the clothing of a sexual assault victim.
Clothing should be kept (not discarded) in paper bags.
The acronym IPASSGAS stands for this.
What is Inspect, Palpate, Auscultate, Seal, Stabilize and Oxygen.
Sepsis is in this category of shock.
What is distributive shock.