Airway and Breathing
The normal adult respiratory rate is approximately this many breaths per minute.
What is 12-20
This medication is commonly used in patients experiencing bronchospasm associated with asthma or COPD.
What is Albuterol
Before approaching your patient, make this your first consideration.
What is scene safety
A patient has severe bleeding from an extremity that is not controlled with direct pressure. What intervention should be considered?
What is a tourniquet
Facial droop, arm weakness, and speech difficulty should make you suspect this.
What is a stroke
Blue or gray discoloration of the skin or lips can indicate this.
What is cyanosis
Before administering nitroglycerin, an EMS provider should check for these contraindications.
What is a systolic blood pressure below 90, suspected stroke, and use of erectile dysfunction medication
In the SAMPLE patient history acronym, what does the letter P stand for?
What is past pertinent medical history
When managing the airway of an adult trauma patient with suspected cervical spine injury, which maneuver is preferred to open the airway?
What is the jaw-thrust maneuver
Your patient is unconscious, does not have a palpable pulse, and is not breathing. What are your two immediate priorities?
What is apply and AED and begin CPR
Compared with an adult, a child's airway is more susceptible to obstruction from swelling or foreign bodies.
What is a smaller, narrower airway?
You have a patient with a blood glucose level below 60 mg/dL who is conscious and has an intact gag reflex. What medication should you consider administering according to protocol?
What is oral glucose
What is the level of consiousness/responsiveness
When is a nasopharyngeal airway contraindicated?
What is facial trauma
This term describes a patient's inability to recognize or respond appropriately to their surroundings.
What is altered mental status
This maneuver is generally used when opening the airway in an unresponsive patient when a spinal injury is not suspected.
What is head tilt/chin lift
This medication is commonly given to patients with chest pain because it inhibits platelet aggregation and may reduce the risk of clot formation.
What is Aspirin
Your patient is pale, sweaty, confused, and has a rapid pulse. What should these findings make you concerned about?
What is poor purfusion/shock
A young female patient falls onto an outstretched hand, resulting in pain and deformity of the midshaft of the forearm. When assessing distal circulation, where should you check for a pulse?
What is the radial pulse
Policies or protocols issued by a medical director that authorize EMS personnel to perform a particular skill in certain situations.
What is scope of practice
Your patient is cyanotic has altered mental status and is breathing only four times per minute. Their pulse is present. What is your priority?
What is assisted ventilation with a BVM
What is the adult dose of epinephrine used in anaphylaxis?
What is 0.3 mg
A patient initially reports mild shortness of breath. During your assessment, the respiratory rate increases. They become fatigued, and their mental status deteriorates. This should prompt the EMR/EMT to recognize what?
What is a worsening patient condition requiring reassessment and immediate intervention
In a head injury, this type of injury occurs when the brain is injured at the point of impact and then sustains injury on the opposite side as it moves within the skull.
What is a coup-contrecoup injury
Acute lower abdominal pain in a female of childbearing age is considered a life-threatening condition until proven otherwise.
What is an ectopic pregnancy