Pregnancy/Childbirth
The sac the fetus grows in.
What is amniotic sac?
The sudden, unexplained death, of an apparently health baby.
What is SIDS?
A progressive, degenerative disease that attacks the brain and results in impaired thinking.
What is Alzheimer's?
At the scene of a hazardous materials incident, the area set up for decontamination of people and equipment is in this zone.
What is warm zone?
Tag color used in the START triage assessment that stands for "delayed".
What is Yellow?
A light discharge of blood in the early stages of pregnancy can be spotting or it may be this.
What is a miscarriage?
In most states, including Arkansas, EMRs are designated by law as _______________, which means you must report cases of suspected abuse or neglect.
What is mandated reporters?
The leading cause of injury and death among the elderly.
What is trauma from falls?
What should you be looking for when trying to determine whether hazardous materials are present during your scene size-up?
What are placards or labels?
List two examples of a mass casualty incident.
What is: mass shootings, environmental events such as tornado, hurricane, etc., buss wrecks, building collapse, etc.
Timing labor pains from the beginning of one contraction to the beginning of the next one.
What is interval timing?
When assessing burns in children, EMRs must remember the head and neck is classified as this percent.
What is 18?
Unintentional medication errors are common among elderly patients because:
What is: they often have multiple prescriptions or they forget if they have taken their medication.
The best resource for EMRs at the scene of a hazardous materials incident.
What is Emergency Response Guidebook?
Once the "walking wounded" have left the scene, you should begin triage with whom.
What is the patients closest to you?
Bleeding that occurs during the third trimester of pregnancy may indicate a problem with this.
What is placenta?
An acute respiratory condition found in infants and children and characterized by a barking type of cough.
What is croup?
Type of abuse that threatens harm or humiliation.
What is emotional abuse?
List 3 factors to keep in mind when parking your emergency vehicle on a scene.
What is: 50 feet from the scene, upwind from the scene, uphill from the scene, out of the way of other emergency vehicles.
Tag color assigned to a patient who is breathing 32 times per minute.
What is red?
For nonbreathing newborns, provide ventilations at this rate.
What is 40 to 60 breaths per minute.
List the 3 components of the Pediatric Assessment Triangle.
What is: appearance, work of breathing, circulation?
For older adults, loss of elasticity in the blood vessels can result in this.
What is high blood pressure?
List the 6 steps of a call.
What is: Preparation, Dispatch, En Route to the Scene, At the Scene, Transfer of Care, Postcall Preparation
The model used for the command, control, and coordination of resources at a large-scale emergency.
What is Incident Command System?