Drugs
How many Baby aspirin do we give to a Pt with chest pain?
What is 4 (81 mg each) total of 324mg
What does the diastolic blood pressure measure?
Pressure on the arteries when the heart is at rest
What is the most common cause of cardiac arrest in infants and children
What is respiratory arrest
The name of irregular, gasping breaths
What are agonal respirations
Blue or gray coloring resulting from lack of oxygen?
What is cyanosis
What is the blood pressure contraindication when giving nitro?
What is 90 systolic
What chamber of the heart does non-oxygenated blood return to from the body?
What is the Atrium
What is the age we use to determine a child? (ie CPR)
What is 1 to 8 years old.
What is the name of the artery do we check for a pulse in an adult who is unresponsive?
What is the carotid artery
Cool, pale, and moist/sweaty skin; sweating
What is diaphoretic
What is the drug of choice for a diabetic emergency?
What is glucose.
Where does the Oxygen enriched blood off load and exchange for carbon dioxide in the extremities?
What are capillary beds
Name of what EMS should do if we have an infant with a heart rate of less than 60?
What is CPR
When doing a head tilt chin lift, what part of the upper airway are we trying to move?
What is the tongue
An airway that is open and clear, free of obstructions?
What is patent
How many nitro tabs are we allowed to give barring any contraindications?
What is 3
What are the 2 types of stroke?
What is Hemorrhagic and Ischemic
How often do we ventilate an infant that has a pulse?
What is every 3 seconds
What is the compression ratio to ventilation's in 2 person adult?
What is 30:2
A name for fainting?
what is syncope
What are the 5 R's of drug administration?
What is the right Pt, Drug, Route, Time, Dose
Name of devise that is used to stop major extremity bleeding?
What is a tourniquet
How many liters of oxygen does an infant BVM hold?
What is 500
How often should you switch compressors?
What is every 2 minutes
Pt that is lying face down is in what position?
What is prone