Trauma
To control bleeding, protect the wound from further damage and to prevent further contamination and infection
What are the three primary functions of dressings and bandages?
Trying to get to the patient as quickly and simply as possible without using any tools or force
What is simple access?
On her left side
How do you transport a woman in her 3rd trimester?
30-60 bpm
What is the infant respiratory rate?
Hypotension; head injury; use of erectile dysfunction drugs within 24 hours
What are the contraindications of Nitroglycerin?
Rule of nines
What is a quick way to estimate the amount of surface area that has been burned?
Areas at a hazmat incident that are designated as hot, warm or cold based on safety issues and the degree of hazard found there
What is a control zone?
Bleeding and Infection
What are the two most serious complications of abortion?
Appearance, work of breathing and circulation of the skin
What are the three elements of the Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT)?
Pump failure, low fluid volume and excessive blood vessel dilation
What are the three basic causes of shock and impaired tissue profusion?
An incomplete fracture that passes only partway through the shaft of a bone but may still cause substantial angulation; occurs in children
What is a greenstick fracture?
Preparation, dispatch, en route, arrival at scene, transfer of patient to ambulance, en route to receiving facility, at receiving facility, en route to station and postrun
What are the nine phases of an ambulance call?
Dilation of cervix, delivery of fetus, delivery of placenta
What are the three stages of labor?
Thinner skin and lack of subcutaneous fat
Why are pediatrics prone to hypothermia?
What is the SA node?
Bleeding into the anterior chamber of the eye
What is hyphema?
To ensure responder and public safety, achieve incident management goals and ensure the efficient use of resources
What is the purpose of the incident command system (ICS)?
This is normally delivered 30 minutes after childbirth.
What is placenta?
Airway, breathing, circulation, disability and exposure
Blood from the body enters by way of this chamber in the heart.
What is the right ventricle?
Increased blood pressure, decreased heart rate and irregular respirations
Limited assessment of the patient's ability to walk respiratory status, hemodynamic status and neurological status
What does the START triage use to assessment patients?
500 ml
How much postpartum bleeding is considered excessive?
Is done at 1 and 5 minutes for assessing a newborn.
What is the APGAR scale?
Gradual tightness or pressure, increasing with time, pain may wax and wane, substernal and equal peripheral pulses
What is the pain associated with AMI?