Anatomy
All but one of these vessels carry oxygenated blood.
What are arteries?
The "A" in DCAP-BTLS.
What are abrassions?
Characterized by spurting blood.
What is an arterial bleed?
This burn type is not calculated in TBSA.
What is first degree/ superficial?
The oxygen flowrate range for a nasal cannula?
What is 1-6 lpm?
In response to blood loss, peripheral vessels do this to shunt blood to the core of the body.
What is increase peripheral vascular resistance or constrict?
Bruising in the LUQ may indicate an injury to this solid organ.
What is the spleen?
Location for tourniquet placement.
What is 2-3 inches proximal to the wound?
This burn has an entrance and exit wound.
What is a electrical burn?
This ambulance type consists of a box mounted on a truck chassis.
What is a Type I?
This component of blood is essential to the formation of clots.
What are platelets?
Three pieces of information required when reporting a pulse.
What are rate, rhythm, and quality?
Wounds that occur at the shoulders or hips which cannot be treated with traditional tourniquets are termed this.
What are junctional wounds?
The first step in treatment of a dry chemical burn.
What is brush the chemical from the skin?
The depth to which a rigid suction catheter is inserted into a patient's mouth.
What is until the tip cannot be seen?
This artery can be palpated at the posterior knee.
What is the popliteal?
After exposure to superheated gases, increasing hoarseness or difficulty speaking should raise concerns about this.
What is airway swelling?
Signs and symptoms of shock without visible bleeding is likely evidence of this type of bleed.
What is an internal bleed?
Term for a burn which encircles a body area.
What is circumferential?
The term for the gas exchange between the cells and the capillaries.
What is internal respiration?
Pale, cool, and sweaty skin is caused by the release of these two hormones.
What are epinephrine and norepinephrine?
Interference with the return of blood to the heart is indicated by this finding at the neck.
What is jugular venous distention/ JVD?
Used if direct pressure/pressure dressing is not working and a tourniquet cannot be placed.
What is a hemostatic dressing?
The minimum amount of time to flush an eye with an acid burn.
What is 20 minutes?
These two levels of EMS provider are not licensed by the state of Florida.
What are EMR and AEMT?