Patient Assessment
The very first thing an EMT should do when approaching a scene
What is scene size up?
This term describes the acronym CPR
What is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?
Term to describe abnormally slow breathing
What is bradypnea?
The acronym BLS stands for..
What is basic life support?
Bluish-gray color indicative of poor circulatory perfusion
What is cyanosis?
Acronym used to determine a patient's responsiveness.
What is AVPU?
Device used to maintain an open airway of a patient without a gag reflex.
What is an oropharyngeal airway (OPA)?
The large, dome-shaped muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity; primary muscle for respiration
What is the diaphragm?
Medical term used to describe a heart rate that exceeds a normal resting rate.
What is tachycardia?
Bright red, spurting blood.
What is an arterial bleed?
After determining a patient's responsiveness, this is the first thing that you should check.
What is an airway?
The pulse on an unresponsive infant is checked here prior to CPR
What is the brachial pulse?
Normal respiratory rate for Adults AND Children (BONUS: infants)
What is 12-20(A), 15-30(C), 25-50 (I) breaths/min?
A law that provides basic legal protection for those who assist a person who is injured or in danger.
What is the Good Samaritan Law?
The preferred position for an unconscious patient (non-trauma).
What is the Recovery Position?
Something that should be checked before and after splinting and/or back boarding
What is CMS/PMS?
Technique used to open the airway in a patient with suspected spinal injuries.
What is a jaw thrust?
May be used when an oropharyngeal airway causes a gag reflex
What is a nasopharyngeal airway?
The stiffening of muscles following death.
What is Rigor Mortis?
Describes pressure of blood against walls of arteries when ventricles contract. Bonus: What number is this on a BP reading?
What is systolic blood pressure (top number)?
This is how often an unstable and stable patient should be reassessed (after completing your secondary assessment).
What is every 5 minutes (unstable) and every 15 minutes (stable)?
BVM ventilation rate for child rescue breathing
What is 1 breath every 3-5 seconds?
You and your partner Gene respond to a report of a car vs. pedestrian. An elderly man has been struck by a car and is now on the sidewalk lying supine. Gene takes C-spine and you begin an initial assessment noticing that the man's breathing is fast and very shallow. He does not respond to you and also has some liquid or vomit running from his mouth. Which intervention should be done first?
A. Put a C-collar on him and assist ventilations with a BVM and high flow O2
B. Measure and insert an oropharyngeal airway
C. Suction his mouth
D. Do a head tilt chin lift to open his airway
What is C?
Term to describe a... -seizure that lasts more than ten minutes -3 or more seizures in an hour -seizure (or series of seizures) w/o period of full orientation
What is Status Epilepticus?
The two shockable rhythms
What are V-Fib and V-Tach?