ARTERIES
It’s the Site of a Pulse Check During Infant CPR
What is the Brachial Artery?
Dose of Epinepherine Administered for An Adult Via Autoinjector (Epi-Pen)
What is 0.3mg?
What is 100-120 compressions/min?
Occurs When the Patient is Developing Shock, But the Body is Still Able to Maintain Perfusion
What is Compensated Shock?
What is a Strain?
The Vessels That Carry Deoxygenated Blood From the Right Ventricle of the Heart to the Lungs
What are the Pulmonary Arteries?
This is the range (in Grams) of Oral Glucose the EMT can administer to an Adult with Hypoglycemia
What is 15-30 grams?
Single Rescuer Compression/Breath Ratio
What is 30:2 ?
Occurs When the Body Can No Longer Compensate for Low Blood Volume or Lack of Perfusion.
What is Decompensated Shock?
The Stretching and Tearing of Ligaments
What is a Sprain?
It’s the Major Artery Supporting the Leg
What is the Femoral Artery?
Your Patient has a prescription for 0.4mg Nitroglycerin and is Asking for your assistance. Their Blood Pressure is >120mmHG. This is the max # of doses you can assist your patient with.
What is Three Doses?
*Given Five Minutes Apart
You Are Performing CPR and The AED Arrives. For the Person operating the AED, This is the first step to using the Device.
What is Turning it on?
Shock Brought On Not by Blood Loss but the Hearts Inadequate Pumping Action.
What is Cardiogenic Shock?
Grating Sensation or Sound That is Made When Fractured Bone Ends Rub Together
What is Crepitus?
This is the Smallest Kind of Artery
What is an Arteriole?
You Have a Patient with Difficulty Breathing. This is the max # of doses of Albuterol 2.5mg via Nebulizer can administer to them.
What is Three?
What is Every Two Minutes or Five Cycles?
What is Hemorrhagic Shock?
A Fracture in Which the Bone is Broken in Several Places
What is a Comminuted Fracture?
The Artery Supplying the Foot
What is the Posterior Tibial Artery?
These Are the Five Locations You Can Apply Ice Packs to for Increased Skin Temperature
What are the Palms, Soles, Neck, Groin, and Armpits?
These Are The Two Rhythms an AED can Detect and Treat by Defibrillation
What is Ventricular Fibrillation and
Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia ?
Hypoperfusion due to Nerve Paralysis. Sometimes caused by Spinal Cord Injuries.
Injury Caused when Tissue Such as Blood Vessels and Nerves Are Constricted Within a Space as a Result of Swelling or a Tight Fitting Dressing or Cast
What is Compartment Syndrome?