Respiratory Emergencies
What may be seen just prior to respiratory arrest?
Agonal respirations
What is the first medication given to a patient with chest pain and difficulty breathing?
What is Oxygen
What is the best way to communicate with a deaf patient?
Make sure the patient can see your lips when you speak
A patient describes how he feels, he is telling you his ____________
What is symptoms
Another term for trauma is.
What is injury
Wheezing
When a patient is given nitro and develops a headache, this is know as a ________.
What is a side effect
How can you best describe a portable radio?
Two-way radio that can be carried on a belt clip
A patient with a sucking chest wound and decreased level of consciousness should be reassessed every _____ minutes.
Every 5 minutes
Bruises is also known as
What is a contusion
Shallow, slow, irregular, gasping breaths is said to have _______ respirations.
What is agonal
Bronchodilator inhalers have several common side effects which include
jitteriness and increased heart rate
How is a base station best described?
A two-way radio at a fixed site
__________ is reassessing and recording findings of the assessment to be compared to earlier findings.
What is trending
What does distention refer to when describing a patient's abdomen?
What is Larger than normal
What condition does fluid accumulate in the lungs, preventing them from breathing adequately
Pulmonary edema
What is often prescribed for patients with a heart condition?
What is Nitroglycerin
What agencies assigns and licensed radio frequencies?
Federal Communication Commision
A elderly male patient tells you his name is Joe Smith. What is the best way to address him?
Mr. Smith
After the scene size-up and primary assessment what should you do next?
What is Secondary assessment
When should the EMT most likely expect to hear wheezes in a patient complaining of shortness of breath secondary to a asthma attack?
While breathing out
The most important medication that should be administered to a patient with chest pain and difficulty breathing.
What is Asprin
The type of medical direction consisting of standing orders and protocols.
What is Off-Line
The three techniques of physical examination a EMT must master.
Observation, palpation, and ausculation
The first step in the reassessment process is.
What is primary assessment
When the lung collapses without injury or any other obvious cause, it is called _______________.
Spontaneous pneumothorax
The first step in administering a prescribed aerosol medication.
Determine that the inhaler belongs to the patient
The portion of the patient care report in which the EMT writes his description of the patient's presentation, assessment findings, treatment and transport information is the _______________
Narrative
The feeling of bone ends rubbing together is called ________.
Crepitation
When using the memory aid SAMPLE, what does the L stand for?
When was the last time you had something to eat or drink
A condition where there is an infection in one or both lungs caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi
What is pneumonia
The symptoms or circumstances for which a medication is given is called.
Indications
What should be placed in quotes in the patients care report?
What the patient says
When trying to interview a teenage patient and the parent is answering all the questions. What should you do.
Have your partner interview the mother in the next room
When using the memory aid OPQRST What is the best question to help you find out about P?
Does anything make the pain better or worse
What is the best way to determine that you are getting adequate ventilation with a bag[-valve mask?
Look for chest rise and fall
Nitroglycerin is given via the ________route.
sublingual
What is the correct manner for making a correction on a paper copy of a patient care report?
Draw a single line through the error and initial it.
Under what circumstance should a reassessment not be performed?
Ongoing lifesaving interventions are required
The term priapism means________ and may be found in injuries of the ________
A persistent penile erection: spine
A 3 year old patient in respiratory distress, harsh, high-pitched, barking cough for past 24 hours. patient is leaning forward in the tripod position and is drooling profusely. What do you suspect:
Epiglottitis
A patient is complaining of severe difficulty breathing after a bee sting, family states that he had a reaction to bee stings before. which medication should you specifically ask him about?
What is Epinephrine
How many parts does a standard medical radio report have as described in your textbook?
12
You receive an order from medical direction that you feel would be detrimental to your patient. What should you do?
Politely question the physician
Once you have reaches a possible diagnosis for a patient you should:
continue to look for data that will help rule in or rule out other conditions
You receive a order from medical control "Administer one tablet of nitroglycerin under the patient's tongue." How should you respond?
Order received. One nitroglycerin tablet under the patient's tounge.
The best way to communicate with a young pediatric patient?
Sit at the level of the child, if possible, and always be honest
The most common situations in which an EMT may be liable.
Patient refusal of treatment and transport
You have a patient with shortness of breath and chest pain for about 20 minutes. What question will give you the best information regarding your patient's CP symptoms?
Describe how the pain feels
After administering any medication, the EMT must _____, _______, ________,
Reassess the patient, document the medication and report to the receiving facility
While assessing the past medical history of a patient involved in a fall from a 4 foot stepladder, you use the acronym SAMPLE. What does the A refer to?
Allergies
Five medication rights:
Right patient, right medication, right time, right dose, right route
In the assessment of a responsive medical patient what will provide you with the most important information?
Patient's medial history
Epinephrine delivered by auto-injector may be indicated for patient with what conditions?
Severe allergies to peanut butter, shellfish, pencillin, or bee stings
You have performed a rapid trauma assessment on a patient with multiple long-bone injuries. Your next assessment step should be what?
baseline vital signs and past medical history
Why should EMT's study pharmacololgy?
you will be trusted to administer medication in emergency situations; many of these may be lifesaving but there is potential to do harm
Your patient is an unresponsive 40 year old woman. What should you do first?
Perform a rapid hysial exam