Scenarios
A patient arrives at the ER with chest pain. The doctor orders an EKG to check for abnormalities in this organ.
What is the heart?
The very first step before starting CPR.
What is check the scene for safety?
Where you place the AED pads on an adult.
What is the upper right chest and lower left side?
The heart chamber that pumps blood to the lungs.
What is the right ventricle?
This is the correct rate of chest compressions per minute.
What is 100–120 per minute?
On scene at a car accident, EMTs note a patient is bradycardic. This means the patient’s heart rate is doing what?
What is beating too slowly?
The number of seconds you should check for breathing and pulse.
What is 10 seconds?
This device helps provide breaths instead of mouth-to-mouth.
What is a bag-valve mask (BVM)?
The largest artery in the body.
What is the aorta?
In the FAST acronym for stroke, this letter stands for “Time.”
What is T?
A patient reports shortness of breath and the nurse documents dyspnea. What does this term literally mean?
What is difficult or painful breathing?
Gasping that looks like breathing but isn’t normal.
What are agonal respirations?
This airway device keeps the tongue from blocking the airway.
What is an oropharyngeal airway (OPA)?
The part of the brain responsible for balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
This heart chamber pumps blood out to the rest of the body.
What is the left ventricle?
During triage, a patient’s leg looks visibly swollen. The chart notes edema. What is edema?
What is swelling caused by fluid buildup?
The depth of chest compressions for an adult.
What is 2 inches (5 cm)?
The very first thing an AED will do once turned on.
What is give voice prompts?
The functional unit of the kidney.
What is the nephron?
Break down the term tachypnea.
What is fast breathing?
In a trauma case, paramedics report a patient is hypovolemic. This means there is too little of what in the body?
What is blood volume
The correct rate of compressions per minute.
What is 100–120 per minute?
If a patient has a medication patch where the AED pad should go, you must do this first.
What is remove the patch and wipe the skin?
hese tiny air sacs in the lungs are where gas exchange occurs.
What are alveoli?
Name the two correct placement AED pads for these pads on an adult.
What is the upper right chest and the lower left side?