RC CH 1-3
What is Medical direction?
The formal relationship between pre hospital care providers and a physician who is responsible for out of hospital emergency medical care.
Anterior is to Posterior as Inferior is to __________
Superior
What factor do you take into account during scene assessment
Scene safety, # of PT's, PT demographics, PPE
Differentiate between partial and complete airway obstruction
Coughing vs not
Acronym for STROKE assessment?
FAST
4 factors that must be present for an infection to occur?
Pathogen present, enough of the pathogen, person must be susceptible, route of entry.
Structure that divides the upper and lower airway?
Epiglottis
What is the AVPU of the a PT who can state "My name is Joe, I am at work, Knows the correct date , and I cant remember what happened"
Anox3 with memory loss
How much pressure would you use on an electric suction for an adult and for how long?
80-120mmhg for 15s
Shockable rhythms with an AED
VFIB/VTACH
4 main reasons for documentation?
Medical,Legal,Administrative,Research
What is a strain?
Stretching or tearing of a tendon- typically the muscle
Under what conditions would you I transport my PT in high fowlers?
No SMR indicated, Dyspnea, Position of comfort
What is pulmonary edema?
Can be caused by heart or lung damage, and can cause the fluid to back up in blood vessels that carry blood away from the lungs as a result the pressure builds up in veins, fluid leaks into the alveoli
Explain the order of the electrical conduction pathway of the heart?
SA/AV/Bundle of his/Purkinje fibers
Types of immunizations available?
Diptheria, Pertussis, Tetanus,Polio,Measles,Mumps,
Rubella,Influenza, chicken pox.
Explain non specific response to infection?
Immunological system response that characterized by inflammation and fevers as well as the development of white blood cells. WBC's release chemical that changes thermostat setting in hypothalamus
What are the 3 min assessments done on every patient every time?
AMPLE,AVPU,VITALS
OPA/NPA
02 concentrations of an NC and an NRB
24-44%/90-95%
Similarity between Pneumonia and Meningitis
Can be viral or bacterial
Name the hole in the base of the skull
Foramen Magnum
Explain the physiology behind Systolic and Diastolic BP
Systolic:Pressure in the arteries when the left ventricle contracts. Diastolic: Pressure in the arteries when the ventricles relax and the heart fills.
Medication assessment for Salbutamol
6R/#C/E/Vitals/AMPLE/Indications/Contraindications/SE. Drug name and dose