Scene Safety
The most important person on a scene to keep safe is this person.
What is me?
What is the number of children Tina has and what are their genders?
What is 3?
A patient injured in a head-on collision would be most apt to have these two types of injuries.
What is head and neck (also accept chest)?
If a patient appears lifeless as you approach, instead of ABC, the EMT follows this acronym.
What is CAB?
compressions, airway breathing
This is the pneumonic we use for assessing pain.
What is OPQRST?
PPE stands for this.
What is personal protective equipment?
Jessica has siblings, how many
What is 2, sisters ?
An injury caused by an object that passes through the skin or other body tissue is called this type of trauma.
What is penetrating trauma?
The patient cannot maintain their own airway and begins to vomit
What is get ready to suction?
If a patient has carbon monoxide poisoning, the pulse oximeter reading will be this.
What is inaccurate (high).
These are 3 types of additional resources that may be needed on scene.
What are (list 3):
Fire department, law enforcement, additional EMS, power company, additional ambulances (more possibilities)
Jessica works at Winchester Medical Center as a
What is a Nurse Practitioner?
An injury caused by a blow that strikes the body but does not penetrate the skin or other body tissues is referred to as this type of trauma.
What is blunt-force trauma?
You see a patient with a wound that is spurting blood you should
What is apply direct pressure?
Blood pressures are no typically obtained on children less than this many years old.
What is 3?
The only predictable thing about emergencies is they are often this.
What is unpredictable?
Some of Tina's Pet Peeves
What is not getting manual vital signs, walking the patient to the ambulance, calling patients "sweetie", not wiping off the first drop of blood while testing a blood sugar, using the wrong size BP cuff, ...
A stabbing would be this type of penetrating trauma.
What is low-velocity?
If the patient has inadequate breathing, with a rate of 6 per minute, the EMT should begin this treatment immediately.
What is BVM ventilations?
This is the largest body system.
What is the integumentary system?
Scene safety begins at this point in the call.
What is as we approach the scene?
EMS companies Jess and Tina have run for
What is Springfield Rescue Squad, Romney Rescue Squad, Wardensville Rescue Squad, and Hampshire County Emergency Services ?
Damage from a bullet can create internal damage due to pressure changes, also called this.
What is cavitation?
What is maintain spinal motion restriction?
On average, the brain is not fully developed until this age.
What is 25?