Abdominal and Poisoning Emergencies
The type of pain is often felt in a place other than where it originates
What is referred pain?
The process of delivering oxygenated blood to the tissues of the body
What is perfusion?
A disease caused by bacteria, viruses, or other microbes
What is an infectious disease?
A hormone produced by the pancreas that allows glucose to enter cells
What is insulin?
The lack of adequate oxygenated blood to the heart cells
What is ischemia?
Routes poisons enter the body
What are ingestion, inhalation, absorption, and injection?
An inherited disease causing abnormal structure of red blood cells
What is sickle cell disease (SCD)?
A severe or life-threatening allergic reaction
What is anaphylaxis?
This condition is characterized by the production of ketones and a fruity breath odor
What is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)?
Six common symptoms of acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
What are chest discomfort, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, fainting (syncope), and generalized weakness?
The role of naloxone in treating narcotic overdoses
What is reverses narcotics’ depressant effects on level of consciousness and respiratory drive?
This organ is responsible for producing clotting factors
What is the liver?
This condition results from increased capillary permeability and vasodilation that prevents blood from returning to the heart
What is septic shock?
A numeric measure of various patient responses used to assess and track changes in a patient's level of consciousness
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)?
The primary reason for using CPAP in patients with asthma and COPD
What is to splint open collapsed airways?
The type of pain is often associated with hollow organs of the abdomen and described as crampy or colicky
What is visceral pain?
The function of aspirin in the context of blood clotting
What is to inhibit platelet aggregation, preventing clots that can cause heart attacks?
The time from exposure to the development of the first symptoms
What is the incubation period?
A condition where the patient has two or more convulsive seizures in a row without regaining full consciousness, or a single seizure lasting more than 10 minutes
What is status epilepticus?
When a patient has this condition, pressure builds in the left atria and pulmonary vein, causing capillaries around the alveoli to leak fluid into the lungs
What is pulmonary edema?
What should EMTs do if a patient appears intoxicated or exhibits potentially dangerous behavior, and why?
What is ask for law enforcement assistance and ALS backup in the event a scene becomes unsafe and/or the patient escalates and requires restraints?
These organs make up the renal system
What are two kidneys, two ureters, one bladder, and one urethra?
Common symptoms of pneumococcal pneumonia
What are fever, chills, shortness of breath, tachypnea, pleuritic chest pain, and productive cough?
A condition characterized by high blood sugar without the production of ketones, typically seen in type 2 diabetes
What is hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome (HHNS)?
Common signs of right-sided heart failure
What are jugular venous distention (JVD), swelling in the abdomen, and pedal edema?