Patient Assessment
The goal of the primary assessment
What is to identify and initiate treatment of immediate or potential life-threats
The physical act of moving air into and out of the lungs
What is ventilation
The science of drugs, including their ingredients, preparation, uses, and actions on the body
What is pharmacology
The process by which carbon dioxide and oxygen move between the lungs and pulmonary circulation
What is passive diffusion
The correct length of time to check for an absent pulse and apnea to minimize interruptions in CPR
What is 10 seconds or less (no less than 5)
The mnemonic SAMPLE stands for
What is Signs/Symptoms, Allergies, Medications, PMHx, Last Intake, and Events Leading up to
The division between the upper airway and the lower airway
What is the larynx/voice box/vocal chords
Medications that enter the body through the digestive system (One of the 2 broad categories of routes of administration)
What is enteral
The three parts of the cardiovascular system
What is the pump (heart), pipes (blood vessels), and contents (blood)
The place to check for a pulse on an infant
What is the brachial artery
The AVPU mnemonic stands for
What is Awake and Alert, Responsive to Verbal Stimuli, Responsive to Pain, and Unresponsive
Suctioning should occur no longer than how many seconds in adults, children, and infants
What is 15 seconds, 10 seconds, and 5 seconds
Contraindications to nitroglycerin administration
What is ED medication within last 24/48 hours and systolic BP <100
The difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures
What is pulse pressure
Two signs of obvious death could include
What is dependent lividity, rigor mortis, decomposition, non-survivable injury
The five main parts of patient assessment
What is Scene Size-up, Primary Assessment, History Taking, Secondary Assessment, Reassessment
Four different types of breath sounds
What is Clear, Wheezing, Stridor, Rales, Rhonchi, Crackles (Snoring, Gurgling)
Four routes of medication administration
What is IV, IO, SC, IM, IN, SL, PO, Inhalation
Cardiovascular collapse leading to inadequate perfusion
What is shock/hypoperfusion
The correct ventilation ratio for adults and children in cardiac arrest
What is adults 1 breath every 5-6 seconds and children 1 breath every 2-3 seconds
A patient presents to EMS with confusion and AMS. Vital signs are P 89, R 8 and poor chest rise. Peripheral pulses are absent and the patient is cool and clammy. The findings should be noted and treated during the
What is the primary assessment
A patient with a BP of 140/90, P 123, R 28 and shallow, and "wet" lung sounds would benefit from
What is CPAP
Five Rights of medication administration
What is Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Dose, Right Route, Right Time, Right Documentation
The four types of shock and an example of each type
What is Cardiogenic, Obstructive, (Tension Pneumo, Cardiac Tamp, Pulm. Emb) Distributive (Septic, Neurogenic, Anaphylactic, Psychogenic), and Hypovolemic (Hemorrhagic, Nonhemorrhagic)
Most cardiac arrests due to opioid overdose are a result of
What is respiratory arrest