Law
You ask a patient if you can establish and IV and they state "yes, you can". This type of consent is known as ____
Informed (expressed) consent
The "red" section on a placard indicates which type of hazard?
Fire Hazard
Most common mental health disorder in the United States
Anxiety
A common upper respiratory virus in children, which is often diagnosed based on the "barking" cough alone.
Croup
Med term for "below"
Inferior
At which angle should and IV be held
45 degrees
Dehydration may cause this kind of shock
Hypovolemic shock
Leaving a patient after establishing care, without transferring care to someone of the same or higher level is know as:
Abandonment
In which zone should EMS wait to receive decontaminated patients?
Cold Zone
A mental health disorder categorized as erratic thinking and auditory or visual hallucinations
Schizophrenia
A 4 year old patient is 22 pounds and is showing signs of severe dehydration. How much fluid should be administered?
200mL
Medical term for "nose bleed"
Epistaxis
The primary location for IO placement in an infant
Proximal tibia
A tension pneumothorax causes which type of shock?
Obstructive
In order to prove negligence, a prosecutor must prove a duty to act, a breach of that duty, and proximate causation. Proximate causation refers to ____
Patient suffered harm because of action or inaction
This action stabilizes a vehicle by filling void spaces that would allow the vehicle to move.
Cribbing
A mental health disorder (and type) categorized as periodic episodes of severe clinical depression followed by hypermanic episodes, which can result in a level of psychosis
Bipolar (Type 1)
The rule you should follow when determining if the height of a pediatric fall is considered a significant mechanism of injury
Two times the patient's height
The medical term for kidney
Nephr/o
18g
Sepsis can cause which type of shock?
Distributive
A DNR is often found on a form called a _____, which may also involve other special wishes
Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
Or MOLST
The "blue" on a placard indicates which type of hazard?
Health Hazard
A mental health disorder characterized by the need to perform drastic actions, or repeat actions multiple times, in episodes called compulsions
OCD
A patient is 7 months pregnant and is involved in an MVA. She is complaining of severe abdominal pain and profound vaginal bleeding. She is likely suffering from ____
Placental Abruption
Meaning of the suffix "-osis"
Abnormal condition of
What is the slowest route of medication administration
Subcutaneous
The three stages of shock
Compensated shock, decompensated shock, irreversible shock
Scope of practice is "what to do" where as ______ is "how to do it"
Standard of care
Which radiation particles have the highest amount of energy and distance
Gamma
A state of acute confusion which includes in a lack of awareness to events and/or surroundings. It is often seen in severe mental illness or acute infection in elderly.
Delirium
A patient is 8 months pregnant. She complains of dizziness while laying on her back in bed. Her initial BP is 85/60, but it increases back to normal range once she is placed on her side. She is likely suffering from _____
Supine hypotensive syndrome
Colectomy
Removal of the large bowel
The deltoid can fit this many mLs of fluid when administering and IM injection
1 mL
Which type of shock does not often present with tachycardia, and bradycardia does not necessarily indicate an irreversible stage.
Neurogenic (spinal shock, vasovagal)