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100
What is the normal respiratory rate for an​ adult?
What is 8 to 24 breaths per minute
100
What concept is applied when the EMT attempts to determine how the patient may have been​ injured?
What is Mechanism of Injury (MOI)
100
What process would you use to further evaluate the chief complaint of the responsive medical​ patient?
What is OPQRST
100
The study of drugs is​ called..
What is pharmacology
100
A systolic below what means a patient is in shock?
What is 90mmhg
200
The amount of pressure that is exerted on the arteries when the left ventricle contracts is called​..
What is Systolic Blood Pressure
200
In a patient with a medical​ condition, your scene​ size-up helps you to determine​ the..
What is nature of illness (NOI)
200
Apnea is defined as?
What is the absence of breathing
200
Before an EMT may assist with the administration of a​ medication, from whom must he receive an​ order?
What is Medical Direction
200
What is the definition of shock?
What is inadequate tissue perfusion
300
A pulse ox below what is considered hypoxic?
What is 94%
300
As an​ EMT, your initial evaluation of the scene is called​ the..
What is Scene Size-Up
300
What is the average capillary refill for adults?
What is 2-3 seconds
300
List 2 contradictions of Nitro
What is ED medication, Systolic below 90mmhg, headache..
300
What are the three stages of shock?
What is decompensatory, compensatory, and irreversible
400
List at least three different areas you can obtain a pulse from
What is Carotid (neck), Femoral (upper thigh), Brachial (Upper/Inner arm), Popliteal (behind the knee), Posterior Tibial (behind the tibia), and Dorsal Pedis (foot)
400
As an EMT at an emergency​ scene, you constantly pay attention to the environment around you. This is​ called..
What is Situation Awareness
400
What three things do you do to the chest of a patient?
What is inspect, auscultate, and palpate the chest
400
The name a manufacturer uses to market a drug or medication is called​ the..
What is Trade Name
400
In cardiac arrest, the heart may show uncoordinated twitching known​ as..
What is V-Fib
500
What is a decrease in the strength of the pulse during the inspiration phase of the patient.
What is Pulsus Paradoxus
500
List the 5 steps to a scene size-up
What is BSI Precautions Number of Patients MOI or NOI Requested additional EMS if needed Consider C-Spine
500
What term means closed or​ blocked?
What is occluded
500
List the 7 drugs EMTs can give and there doses
What is Epinephrine- 0.3mg Aspirin- 81mg Nitro- 0.4mg Albuterol- 90mg Activated Charcoal- 1g/kg Oral Glucose- 15g Oxygen- 15-25 lpm
500
List the 5 categories of shock and the sub-categories
What is Cardiac- CHF, Myocardial Infarction, Abnormal rhythm Hypovolemic- Hemorrhagic, non-hemorrhagic Obstructive- Pulmonary Embolism, Pericardial Tamponade, Tension Pneumothorax Metabolic/Respiratory- Hypoglycemia, Carbon Monoxide poisoning, Cyanide Distributive- Septic, Neurological, Anaphylatic
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