Anatomy & Physiology
What system is the spleen part of?
What is the lymphatic system
A condition that causes a short loss of consciousness which usually resolves once the pt is lying flat
What is syncope
The medical word for a scrape
What is an abrasion
Your patient has fallen off the roof while putting up the Christmas lights. His airway is open, he is breathing and there is no noticeable bleeding. What is your first treatment priority?
What is manual c-spine control
Name both acronyms and there meanings that we use to evaluate level of conciseness (LOC)
AVPU - alert, verbal, painful, unresponsive
A/O - alert to person, place, time and event
How many lobes are on the right side of the lung?
What is 3
Name the 2 types of strokes
What is Ischemic and Hemorrhagic
This type of injury may cause paralysis
What is a spinal injury
Your patient is not breathing, you begin BVM ventilations but feel air slipping out the side of the mask. You readjust but no change is noted. What is the next step?
What is 2 person bagging
Name all 7 vital signs
heart rate
respiratory rate
Blood pressure
SPO2
Tempurature
Skin colour and condition
pupils
Name 3 organs or tissues in the integumentary system
What is skin, hair, nails, glands, fat deposits
This is the definition of anaphylaxis
What is an allergic reactions which involves 2 or more body systems
This is the condition that causes paradoxical motion or see-saw chest
Flail Chest
Your patients is having a grand mal seizure when you arrive. You keep them safe, call 911 and the seizure stops. What should you do next?
What is put them in recovery position
Name the use and components of the AMPLE acronym
Used to take a history:
Allergies
Medications
Past medical hx
last meal
events proceeding
How many vertebrae are in the thoracic spine
This is what causes pain in a heart attack
what is lack of oxygen also known as ischemia
This type of injury can cause altered level of consciousness, bradycardia, irregular breathing, unequal pupils and seizures
what is a head injury
You arrive to a patient who has fallen and landed on a post. It has become embedded in their abdomen. What should you do?
Name the use and components of OPQRST
onset
povoke
quality
radiation
severity
time
What pressure law controls air entering and exiting the lungs?
What is Boyle's Law
A condition causing RUQ pain that worsens after eating, clay coloured stool, nausea and vomiting and radiated pain to the shoulder blades
What is Gallstones
What is a comminuted fracture
You are responding to a pedestrian who was hit by a car. You see a see-saw chest, feel crepitus when palpating the pelvis and notice bright red blood spurting from from a laceration in the forearm. Name all of your treatments.
What is call 911, take c-spine, stop the bleeding with a tourniquet, manually stabilize the pelvis and flail chest. Apply a bulky dressing to the flail chest and bind the pelvis.
Name everything you are checking when assessing the ABC's
Is the airway open and clear?
Breathing rate, depth and quality?
Circulation rate, rhythm and quality?
Any major bleeding?