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The medical term for fainting is:
Syncope
After activating the EpiPen auto-injector, how long should it be held in place before removing it from the patient's thigh?
10 seconds
Carbon monoxide poisoning occurs through which route of absorption?
Inhalation
How long does a typical hemodialysis treatment last?
3-4 Hours
What is the outermost layer of the skin called?
Epidermis
You are on the scene of a 65-year-old female patient in cardiac arrest. CPR is in progress and the AED has been applied. The AED does not advise shock. What is your next intervention?
Continue CPR
In a patient having an anaphylactic reaction, what would you expect to hear when auscultating for lung sounds?
Wheezing
An ________ is a substance that will neutralize a poison or its effects?
Antidote
What is one of the most common diseases to affect the renal and urinary system?
Urinary Tract Infections
What is an important early indicator of shock?
Altered mental status or agitation
Your patient is a 44-year-old female who has collapsed while jogging. She has been unresponsive for 4 to 5 minutes by the time you arrive. Her husband appears to be performing high-quality CPR. Which of the following should be your FIRST action?
Apply the AED
Define urticaria?
Red, itchy, possibly raised blotches on the skin that often result from an allergic reaction. They are more commonly known as hives.
Which abdominal quadrant contains the appendix?
Right Lower Quadrant
The correct terminology used for patients whose kidneys are damaged to the point where they require dialysis to survive is:
End-stage renal disease
Which blood vessels have thick muscular walls that allow constriction and dilation?
Arteries
Blunt and penetrating injuries can damage chambers of the heart or cause what life-threatening condition?
Pericardial Tamponade
Mumps infection is primarily spread through:
Pain that originates in an organ, such as the intestines, is called ________ pain.
You are confronted with a patient experiencing personality changes ranging from irritability to irrational behavior, altered mental status, amnesia or confusion, irregular respirations, elevated blood pressure, and decreasing pulse. It appears to be a psychiatric emergency. What else could cause this behavior?
Head injury
What term refers to the delivery of oxygen and nutrients and the removal of wastes at the body's cellular level?
Perfusion
Name the two circumstances that would cause seizure activity to be classified status epilepticus
1. Two or more seizures without an intervening period of consciousness
2. A single tonic-clonic seizure lasting 5 minutes or longer
What happens to the blood vessels during an anaphylactic reaction?
Dilation
Most organs of the abdomen are enclosed within the:
Peritoneum
What organ may be seriously damaged in sickle cell anemia, subsequently leading to severe infections?
Spleen
Which layer of the skin is the most important in insulating the body against heat loss?
Subcutaneous Layer