Assessment
The 5 major parts of patient assessment
What is Scene Size up, Primary Assessment, History Taking / Vital signs, Secondary assessment, Interventions / Reassessment.
Wheezing, Bronchoconstriction, Asthma, COPD
Albuterol 2.5mg-5.0mg
Xopenex 0.63mg-1.25mg
The suffix -itis
What is inflammation?
One word to Describe Shock
What is Hypoperfusion?
Two Types of Stroke
What is Ischemic (thrombolytic) and Hemorrhagic?
SAMPLE & OPQRST
What is Signs/ Symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Past Medical Hx, Last oral intake, Events leading up to, Onset, Palliation/ Provocation, Quality, Radiation, Severity, Time.
Hypoglycemia or Beta-Blocker Overdose
What is Glucagon?
Decreased Heart Rate
What is Bradycardia?
Three Stages of Shock
What is Compensated, Decompensated and Irreversible?
Chest Pain from a lack of O2 to cardiac tissue
What is Angina Pectoris?
You have an unresponsive PT in what order do you perform your Primary Assessment.
what is XCAB?
0.3mg - 0.5mg
0.01 mg/kg
What is the dose for Epinephrine 1: 1,000
NIPPV
What is Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilations?
Classification of shock for Tension Pneumothorax
What is Obstructive Shock?
4 ways poisons can enter the body
What is Inhalation, Absorption, Ingestion and Injection?
Unresponsive, Shallow Respirations, GCS 3, Pin-point pupils
What is Opioid Overdose?
A pediatric patient weighs 20kg in anaphylaxis
What is 0.2mg of Epinephrine 1: 1,000, 2.5mg of Albuterol, 20mg of Benadryl?
Increased Carbon Dioxide
What is Hypercarbia?
Bradycardia, Hypertension, Irregular Respirations
Cushings Triad
Signs and Symptoms of a Stroke, Name 5
What is Facial droop, Slurred Speech, Weakness/paralysis, Ataxia, unsteady gait, sudden vision loss in one eye, aphagia, sudden headache, altered mental status, dizziness, coma?
Temp of 102.3, GCS 13, HR 120, EtCO2 18
What is Sepsis?
Platelet aggregation inhibitor
Vasodilator
What is Medications we give for chest pain?
Aspirin: 324mg PO
Nitroglycerin: 0.4mg SL
Coughing up blood
What is Hemoptysis?
Hypotension, Jugular Venous Distension, Muffled Heart Sounds
Fluid / Blood in the pericardium
What is Cardiac Tamponade?
Body's unit of energy
Adenosine Triphosphate, ATP