Environmental Emergencies
This type of heat loss that occurs when clothing or the body gets wet.
What is conduction?
This is the term for death that occurs 24 hours after a drowning.
What is a drowning-related death?
A patient who has the capacity to understand and make an informed decision and accepts care from an EMS crew by nodding his head "yes" is giving this type of consent.
What is expressed?
This is the least common poison ingested by toddlers.
What are fertilizers?
This is the name of the severe form of an allergic reaction.
What is anaphylaxis?
Name two signs of hypothermia.
loss of motor coordination, cool abdominal skin temp, cool general body temp, muscle shivering, confusion, arrhythmias
Decompression sickness can occur up to how long after following a dive?
What is 72 hours?
.This term is given to minors who are married or of a certain age and who are legally able to give consent for medical care
What are emancipated?
Carbon monoxide is an example of what type of poison ( think route)
What is an inhaled poison?
This is the dose of epinephrine given to an adult in anaphylaxis.
What is 0.3mg?
Superficial and deep local cold injuries are sometimes referred to as this
What is frostbite?
this condition in which the stomach fills with water, enlarging the abdomen to the point that it interferes with the ability to inflate the lungs is called
What is gastric distention?
A patient must sign this when they refuse care.
What is a release from liability form?
THC is the main psychoactive drug in this substance.
What is marijuana?
What happens to a person's blood pressure during anaphylaxis?
What is hypotension/drops/goes low, etc.
This is the mildest form of hyperthermia
What is heat cramps?
This is where a drowning involving a 2 year old is most likely to occur.
This is an EMT’s obligation in certain situations to provide care to a patient.
This is the most common source of injected poisons.
What are bites and stings?
This is the dose of epi given to children or infants during anaphylaxis.
What is 0.15mg?
To rapidly cool a patient during a heat emergency name two of the 3 major places we place ice packs on the body
What are the neck, groin and armpits?
An incident in which someone is submerged or immersed under the surface of the water and that results in a primary respiratory impairment, even if the patient lives, is termed
What is drowning?
A living will is an example of what?
What is an advanced directive?
The effects of opiate overdoses can be combatted by blocking the opioid receptor sites with this medication
What is narcan (naloxone)?
Name 2 possible side effects of epinephrine administration.
hypertension, tachycardia, chest pain, palpitations