Where is the electrical impulse of the heart generated?
SA Node
What is the most common cause of airway obstruction?
The Tongue
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever? Signs and Symptoms
Can cause paralysis and cardio-respiratory collapse
What is a Type 1 Ambulance
Truck cab chassis with a modular ambulance body that can be transferred to a newer chassis if needed.
Min chest compressions per minute with CPR?
100
When injured what are hallow organs likely to do?
Spill contents
Mechanism of injury?
The forces or energy transmission, applied to the body that causes injury.
Think looking at the inside of the car to determine injuries. You are gathering information to determine the mechanism of injury
What is the single most factor that contributes to sucide
Depression
Primary concern when arriving on the scene of a motor vehicle crash?
Scene Safety, recognize any hazards
How should a stinger from a bee be removed
Scraped away from the skin
What is the average life expectancy?
78 to 120 years old
What is the rule of palms?
The patient's hand is 1% of the burned surface area
When injured what are solid organs likely to do?
Bleed profusely
What is a Primary Prevention Strategy?
Community Awareness Programs
What is an ulcer?
The erosion of the protective layer of the stomach or the duodenum
What would respirations look like for an aspirin overdose?
Deep and Rapid
How to control internal bleeding of an injured extremity?
Splinting
How to handle handle "evidence" of sexual assualt?
Bagged separately in brown paper bags
What PPE should be worn with intubation
Gloves, Masks, Eye protection, and face shields
The systolic blood pressure is representing the heart doing what?
Ventricular contraction
When are solid organs injured in blast injuries?
The secondary or tertiary phases
What is considered obese?
30% or more over ideal body weight
Flail Chest occurs when?
A segment of the chest wall is detached from the thoracic cage.
2 or more sections of ribs is broken in 2 or more places
You are at an MVA,
The airbag has not deployed... What is the risk
It could still deploy
What sign do we give narcan for?
Slow respirations, opioid overdose.