Sue me again?
Permission from the patient for care or other action by the EMT.
Consent
When taking blood pressure, the cuff should be inflated to what point?
30 mmHg beyond the point where the pulse disappears
Respond for a 36 y/o male choking. On arrival the patient is found lying supine on a kitchen floor. The patient is pulseless and apneic. Your next step is to.
Begin CPR
AVPU
What is Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive
Which of the following structures is found in the lower airway?
Which of the following structures is found in the lower airway?
c.) Definitive care
Upon arrival at the hospital, the EMT advises hospital personnel of the patient's condition, observations from the scene, treatment rendered, and other pertinent data to assure the continuity of care. This process is known as...
Definitive care
You are assessing a 76-year-old male patient that has been involved in a fall from a standing position. You have completed the scene size-up and primary assessment. What should you do next?
Focused history assessment
To select the proper size oropharyngeal airway, you should measure from the: .
corner of the mouth to the earlobe
ABC
Airway, Breathing, Circulation
Occasional, gasping breaths that occur agter the heart has stopped
Agonal gasps
Placing a person in fear of bodily harm.
Assault
Why is it important that your radio report to the receiving faculty be concise? .
The emergency department needs to know quickly and accurately the patient's condition
45 y/o male with a large laceration to the anterolateral thigh. You notice bright spurting blood from the wound. Despite direct pressure the wound continues to bleed. What is your next step?
Apply Tourniquet
OPQRST
Onset, pain/provocation, quality, radiation, severity, time
You find a teenage male lying supine in his bedroom. You hear gurgling sounds from the patient's mouth and see vomit with pill fragments on the floor. You should:
Suction the airway
A DNR order; instructions written in advance of an event.
Advance Directive
Your patient is a 12-year-old boy who ran his arm through a glass window and has an 8-inch laceration on his anterior forearm. You have applied a pressure dressing and bandage, but these have become saturated due to continued bleeding. Which of the following should you do now?
Elevate that arm and prepare to apply a tourniquet or consider administering a hemostatic agent
An absence seizure is also referred to as a:
petit mal seizure
Signs and Symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Pertinent past medical Hx, Last oral intake, events leading to
absence of spontaneous breathing
Apnea
Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training.
What is Abandonment?
Classifications of the severity of shock?
Compensated
Decompensated
Irreversible
BEST explains the reason for minimizing scene time for the trauma patient with significant hemorrhage or the potential for significant hemorrhage?
Studies have indicated that trauma patients who receive surgery within 1 hour of the injury have better chances of survival
DCAP-BTLS
Deformity, contusion, abrasion, puncture, burn, tenderness, laceration, swelling
Metabolism that can proceed only in the presence of oxygen
Aerobic Metabolism