Trauma
Grab Bag
Anatomy
Legal
Medical
100
This is how you open your patients airway when spinal trauma is suspected.
What is modified jaw thrust?
100
This is the only stroke center in the MidState region.
What is St. Luke's Hospital?
100
Throughout the day this compresses, making you about 1 cm shorter by day’s end.
What is cartilage?
100
You'll receive this if you're required to appear in court. Make sure you document well!
What is a subpena?
100
The first intervention for a patient with chest pain.
What is oxygen?
200
Ejection from the vehicle or death of a occupant of the same vehicle warrants transport to this MidState hospital.
What is St. Elizabeth's Medical Center?
200
Coffee ground emesis is a indication of this.
What is a GI bleed?
200
The largest human organ.
What is skin?
200
When a patient agrees to something after being explained the risks and benefits.
What is informed consent?
200
This is measured in mg/mL.
What is blood glucose?
300
This is a appropriate airway adjunct for a trauma patient with no gag reflex
What is oropharyngeal airway?
300
This hospital is the closest burn center.
What is SUNY Upstate?
300
The only vessel that returns oxygenated blood to the heart.
What is the pulmonary vein?
300
A deviation from the accepted standard of care, resulting in injury to a patient.
What is neglegence?
300
This is characterized by full body generalized tonic-clonic muscle contractions with loss of consciousness.
What is a grand mal seizure?
400
You can apply this to restrict blood flow to a extremity to control bleeding.
What is a tourniquet?
400
The ratio of compressions to breaths for 2 rescuer infant CPR.
What is 15:2?
400
This is the largest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
400
Written documentation that specifies medical treatment for a competent person should he or she be unable to make that decision.
What is a advanced directive?
400
The name of the sound you hear when checking a blood pressure.
What are korotkoff sounds?
500
A patient with a head injury who is altered and suddenly becomes alert and oriented is experiencing this. Often a sign of a fatal injury.
What is a lucid interval?
500
Any positive finding of this test warrants immediate transport to a stroke center.
What is the Cincinnati Stroke Scale
500
This organ is more active when you are sleeping.
What is the brain?
500
Termination of care of a patient without assuring continuation of care at the same level or higher level without patient's documented consent.
What is abandonment?
500
Patients with chest pain should not be given nitro if they have taken any of these in the last 72 hours.
What are erectile dysfunction medications?
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