Emergency Medications
Is a known platelet inhibitor and anit-inflammatory agent.
Aspirin
I am known as the Low lateral Leads
V5 and V6
When putting a patient in spinal immobilization, this part of the body is secured last.
Head.
A set of regulations and ethical considerations that define the scope, or extent, and limits of the EMT;s job.
Scope of practice.
Bruising behind the patients ears
Battle's sign
I am a local anesthetic. My mechanism of is I block the initiation and conduction of nerve impulse.
Tetracaine
These arteries supply oxygen to the heart muscle.
The Coronary artery.
Injury caused by blunt or penetrating trauma to the heart, characterized by narrowing pulse pressure.
Pericardial tamponade.
Another name for grand mal seizure.
Tonic-Clonic seizure
Bruising around the umbilicus.
Cullen's sign.
I react with hydrogen ions to form water and carbon dioxide thereby acting as a buffer for metabolic acidosis.
Sodium Bicarbonate
This vessel has a diameter larger than a capillary but smaller than an artery.
Arteriole.
The first two cervical vertebrae that allow for movement of the head.
Atlas and Axis.
The four categories of a MCI
Immediate(Red) Delayed(Yellow)Hold (Green- Walking wounded) Deceased (Black)
Pain in the calf with dorsoflexion of the foot.
Homan's sign
Is a calcium channel blocker. My mechanism of action is blocking influx of calcium ions into cardiac muscle. My indications are atrial flutter, Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response.
Cardizem
Contraction of this compartment of the heart is responsible for the systolic measure of blood pressure.
Left Ventricle
After bein stuck in the back, a patient complains of pain to the R shoulder blade region. What underlying traumatic injury could cause this referred pain?
Splenic Injury.
Nose, pharynx and larynx.
Bruising to the flank(s) with or without bruising to the "belly button"
Grey-Turner's sign.
My class is Sympathomimetic, inotropic agent. My standard dose is 2-20 mcg/kg/min
Dopamine
My 12 Lead shows elevation in leads II,III,AVF,V1 V4R. Reciprocal changes are noted in leads I and AVL. What major heart vessel is likely occluded.
Right Coronary Artery.
A condition causing vasodilation below an injury and eventually, widespread hypoperfusion.
Neurogenic shock.
A hormone that stimulates cells in the liver to break down stores of glycogen into glucose.
Glucagon.
Pain and/or "pulling" felt when the patients knees are elevated and the head is flexed (Chin to chest)
Burdzinski's sign