Primary Assessment
In EMS, what does mental status refer to?
What is the patient's level of awareness of his surroundings
When the heart contracts and forces blood into the arteries, the pressure created is known as the:
What is systolic blood pressure
As the saying goes, If you didn't document it, then you didn't ...........
What is "do it"
The symptoms or circumstances for which a medication is given are called:
What is indications
Blood returns to the heart via what two vein
What is the inferior and superior vena cava
What is the first thing the EMT does during the primary assessment?
what is forms a general impression
What is the pressure remaining in the arteries after the pulse wave has passed through?
What is diastolic blood pressure
Which agencies assigns and licenses radio frequencies in the United States?
What is Federal Communications Commission or FCC
When you give patients nitroglycerin, they sometimes develop a headache. This would be called a(n):
What is side effect.
Which of the following is the name given to the condition in which fluid accumulates in the lungs?
What is Pulmonary edema
Which of the following is the purpose of the primary assessment?
Wha is detecting and treating immediately life-threatening problems
The method of taking blood pressure by using a stethoscope to listen to the characteristic sounds produced is called:
What is auscultation
How many parts does a standard medical radio report have as described in your textbook?
What is 12 parts
What medication is given when a patient suffers from a medical or traumatic condition called hypoxia?
What is Oxygen
What stimulates a mechanical contraction of the cells of the heart, creating a mechanical squeeze used to push blood?
What is electrical energy
Your patient is a middle-aged man who appears to be in distress and is clutching his chest. These observations lead you to suspect which type of problem?
What is a cardiac problem
The abbreviation mmHg indicates that the blood pressure is measured by which of the following comparisons, what does mmHg stand for?
What is millimeters of mercury
Which of the following best describes the position you should take when dealing with a cooperative patient who is sitting in a chair?
What is sit or kneel at the same level as the patient.
Nitroglycerin is indicated for which of the following chief complaints?
What is Chest pain
A weakened area of an artery that balloons out and may rupture, causing catastrophic bleeding, is called:
What is an aneurysm.
The mnemonic AVPU is used to evaluate which of the following?
What is the patient's level of responsiveness
The first set of vital sign measurements obtained are often referred to as which of the following?
What are baseline vital signs
Your elderly male patient tells you his name is Joe Smith. Which of the following is the best way to address him?
Joe. / Smitty / Sir / Mr. Smith
Who is Mr. Smith
How many "Rs" do you consider before administering any medications
What are the 6Rs
Which of the following terms refers to swelling of the lower extremities seen in many cardiac patients?
What is pedal edema