mnemonic acronym to remember key questions for a person's medical assessment and history
What is SAMPLE
100
A 25 year old women is planting flowers in a garden. Upon entering the house she calls 911 due to difficulty breathing and itching to her arm. What medication are you giving?
What is Epinephrine 1:1000
100
Fuel, oxidizer, heat, and self-sustained chemical reaction?
What is Fire tetrahedron.
100
Four chambers of the heart
What is the left and right atrium and the right and left ventricles
100
For the patient who is having breathing difficulty (SPO2 89%) a _______ is indicated. (Patient can breathe on own)
What is a non rebreather
200
An open wound to the abdomen that results in the abdominal contents protruding through the wound is known as an
What is evisceration
200
A 55 year old female presents with lethargy, sweating, and cough. She states she has not felt well for the past 2 days. You check her temperature and it is 102.3. She took ibuprofen 3 hours ago. What medication can you give her?
What is Tylenol
200
What does PASS mean (SCBA)
What is Personal Alert Safety System?
200
The five sections of the vertebrae are
What is Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, Coccyx
200
Patient requiring rapid IV access for medication or fluid administration when regular peripheral IV access is unavailable or secondary access is required in a critically ill or injured patient. What would be placed?
What is an IO
300
is a quick method, (60 to 90 seconds), to identify hidden and obvious injuries in a trauma victim. The goal is to identify and treat immediate threats to life that may not have been obvious during an initial assessment
What is Rapid Trauma Assessment
300
A women calls 911 for her husband who is "acting strange." Upon arrival patient is confused and slurring his speech. His medication history includes insulin. What initial medication are you giving?
What is Oral Glucose
EMT B glucagon with med control
EMT C glucagon, dextrose
300
The most common hazardous substance in smoke
that is a product of combustion
What is Carbon monoxide
300
RUQ, LUQ, RLQ and LLQ are abbreviation for:
What is abdominal quadrants
300
Called for a male with difficulty breathing. You locate the person in a back bedroom on the second floor. What is the best device to transport this patient.
What is a stair chair
400
Something and EMT can see or measure during a patient assessment is called
What is a sign
400
A 30 year old women is complaining of difficulty breathing and chest tightness. She appears anxious and slightly confused, yet you can hear wheezing. Other than Oxygen, what medication will you give her?
What is Albuterol/duoneb
400
The term that is used to describe a sudden surge in water pressure when closing or opening a valve or hydrant.
What is a water hammer
400
The microscopic sacs of the lungs where gas exchange with the bloodstream takes place
What is alveoli
400
What gives unsynchronized random delivery of electricity to the myocardium
What is defibrillation (AED or LifePak)
500
You are treating a 24 year old female patient who is complaining of a severe headache. You assess her pupil reaction and note them as PEARL. Your partner asks what does PEARL mean?
What is pupils are round, equal in size and react equally when exposed to light.
500
A 52 year old woman is experiencing upper back pain that radiates into left shoulder. Her pain is 8/10 and blood pressure 185/98. She took aspirin just before your arrival. What medication are you giving.
What is Nitroglycerin
500
This extinguisher type is labeled using a Green Triangle.
What is Class "A" extinguisher
500
The outermost part of the skin is called
What is epidermis
500
Used in Acute decompensated heart failure/cardiogenic pulmonary edema and Respiratory distress/hypoxic respiratory failure associated with asthma/COPD, pneumonia, or near drowning.
What is CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure)