Respiratory
This is the correct ventilation rate for an adult patient when using a bag-valve mask.
What is one breath every 5–6 seconds (10–12 breaths per minute)?
This medication may be assisted by the EMT for a patient with suspected cardiac chest pain who has a prescription and adequate blood pressure.
What is nitroglycerin?
This diabetic emergency is caused by low blood glucose and can present with altered mental status and diaphoresis
What is hypoglycemia?
This condition must always be ruled out first in any patient with altered mental status because it is rapidly reversible and life-threatening.
What is hypoglycemia?
This is the first priority for the EMT upon arrival at any emergency scene.
What is scene safety?
This beta-2 agonist bronchodilator may be assisted by the EMT for a patient experiencing asthma-related wheezing.
What is albuterol?
This blood pressure finding would contraindicate assisting a patient with nitroglycerin.
What is a systolic blood pressure less than 100 mmHg?
This is the most appropriate EMT treatment for a conscious diabetic patient with signs of hypoglycemia who can swallow.
What is oral glucose?
This assessment finding would most strongly suggest a neurologic cause of altered mental status.
What is unequal pupils or unilateral weakness?
This legal concept allows an unconscious patient to receive emergency care when no consent can be obtained.
What is implied consent?
This lung sound finding is the most concerning and may indicate impending respiratory failure.
What are diminished or absent breath sounds?
This classic symptom of myocardial infarction is more commonly reported by women, older adults, and diabetic patients.
What is shortness of breath (or atypical chest pain such as nausea or fatigue)?
This gastrointestinal condition typically presents with right lower quadrant abdominal pain, nausea, and fever.
What is appendicitis?
This is the most appropriate initial EMT action when managing a patient with altered mental status.
What is assessing and maintaining the airway?
This document protects the EMT by recording patient care, decisions, and events surrounding the call.
What is the patient care report (PCR)?
This low-flow oxygen delivery method is most appropriate initially for a patient with COPD who is not in severe distress.
What is a nasal cannula at 1–2 liters per minute?
This is the EMT’s primary concern when assessing a patient with an irregular, weak pulse and hypotension.
What is shock (or poor perfusion)?
This condition results from the inability to empty the bladder and may cause lower abdominal pain and distention.
What is urinary retention?
These three "100" vital signs are often associated with septic shock.
What is blood pressure below 100 mmHg, Heart rate above 100 bpm, and Temp above 100 degrees.
This term describes abandoning patient care after it has been initiated without equal or higher-level care taking over.
What is abandonment?
This respiratory condition is commonly associated with pink, frothy sputum and bilateral crackles.
What is pulmonary edema?
This cardiac condition results when the heart cannot pump effectively, leading to fluid backup and pulmonary edema.
What is congestive heart failure?
This assessment finding is most concerning in a patient with vomiting and diarrhea.
What is signs of dehydration (such as tachycardia or hypotension)?
This substance is one of the most common and easily overlooked causes of altered mental status and should be considered even if the patient denies use.
What is alcohol?
This protective equipment is required when there is a risk of contact with blood or body fluids.
What is personal protective equipment (PPE)?