Communication
When talking, only about 7% of your message is transmitted through the words you use. Body language makes up this percentage however.
What is 55%
A document that contains details about a patient's condition, history, and care.
What is patient care report (PCR)?
Part 1
Two devices used to protect or maintain a patient's airway.
Part 2
This device is used on a CONCIOUS patient.
Part 1
What is Oropharyngeal Airway (OPA) and Nasopharyngeal Airway (NPA).
Part 2
NPA
Room air's oxygen percentage.
What is 21%
Explain what "checking the cylinder for leaks' means.
What is listening for any hissing or air escaping the cylinder from any point.
When telephone communication is poor due to location service this a(n) ___ barrier to communication.
What is physical?
An example of subjective information.
Patient appears intoxicated.
I think they are crazy.
Any opinion that the EMS provider forms.
Suctions times for:
Adults, Children, and Infants
What is 15 seconds, 10 seconds, and 5 seconds?
When using a pulse oximeter, a reading below this percentage requires oxygen administration.
What is 94%
Medical term for "shortness of breath".
What is dyspnea?
Therapeutic communication focuses on advancing the physical and emotional well-being of a patient in this manner.
What is face to face?
An example of objective information.
What is: pulse rate, skin color, breathing rate, blood pressure, swelling, bruising, vomit, bleeding, etc.
Things that you observe with your own eyes.
Part1
Occurs when breathing and heartbeat stop.
Part 2
Occurs within 4-6 minutes without oxygen.
Part 1
Clinical Death
Part 2
Biological Death
List 3 functions that ALL oxygen regulators must have.
1. Reduce tank pressure
2. Display tank pressure
3. Control the delivery of oxygen
A fixed antenna that is used to boost a radio signal.
What is a repeater?
As an EMR, what are you attempting to learn by interviewing the patient?
The patients medical history.
List 5 things found in the minimum data set of a PCR.
What is: time incident was reported to 911, time of dispatch, arrival time on scene, time patient was transported, time patient arrived at destination, time patient care was transferred to advanced providers, patients chief complaint, patients vital signs, patients demographics (age, gender, race, weight, etc)
List 4 signs of normal breathing.
Adequate tidal volume, quiet breathing (no noises), chest rise and fall, feeling breath on your skin, normal skin color (no signs of cyanosis), responsiveness.
Oxygen flow rates for nasal canula AND non-rebreather mask.
What is (1) 2-6 L for nasal canula and 10-15 L for non-rebreather.
The patient leaned too far out the window and may have been pushed is an example.
What is subjective information?
When talking to dispatch center on your radio, the communication goes through a high-powered radio called the _____ that can transmit over a wide area.
What is a base station radio?
List 4 of the 5 reasons to have an accurate and complete patient care report.
Continuity of care
Education
Administration
Quality Assurance
Legal
List 5 signs of abnormal breathing.
What is: increased work of breathing, shallow or absent rise and fall of the chest, little or no air is heard or felt at the nose or mouth, noisy breathing or gasping, irregular breathing (too fast or too slow), labored or deep breathing, use of accessory muscles in the chest, abdomen, and around the neck, nostril flaring, cyanotic skin, tripod position
Oxygen delivered at 6LPM would give a patient this percent of oxygen.
What is 45%
If you are alone and your patient is a child or infant, provide rescue support for _____, then call 911 for assistance.
What is 2 minutes?