AN ADULT PATIENT WITH A PULSE RATE GREATER THAN 100 BPM IS DESCRIBED AS
TACHYCARDIA
YOUVE JUST DELIVERED A BABY. SHE IS ACTIVE, PULSE OF 110, PROMPTLY RESPONDS TO STIMULATION, IS PINK BODY BLUE EXTREMITIES, RESPIRATIONS ARE SLOW AND IRREGULAR. WHAT IS THE APGAR SCORE
8. A SCORE OF 7 OR ABOVE IS REASSURING 
IF YOU ARE CHECKING YOUR PT FOR FACIAL DROOP, RAISING AND HOLDING BOTH ARMS OUT PALMS UP, AND ASKING THEM TO REPEAT THE PHRASE " YOU CANT TEACH AND OLD DOG NEW TRICKS" YOU ARE CHECK FOR
STROKE (CINCINNATI STROKE SCALE)
THIS DEVICE, NOW IN ITS 6TH SERIES, WAS THE FIRST DISPATCH-VOICE ACTIVED VOICE AND TONE TOOL AVAILABLE TO EMS AND FIRE IN 1973 HAD A BATTERY LIFE OF 6-8HRS AND WEIGHED IN AT ALMOST 1 LB
MINITOR I PAGER
WHEN THE PT REFUSES TRANSPORT AFTER BEING FULLY BRIEFED BY THE EMT OF THE CONSEQUENCES
WHAT IS INFORMED REFUSAL
AN ADULT PATIENT WITH A PULSE RATE LESS THAN 60 BPM IS DESCRIBED AS
BRADYCARDIA
DAILY DOUBLE APGAR SCORING SHOULD BE CONDUCTED AT _________MINUTES AND _________ MINUTES AFTER DELIVERY
1 MINUTE AND 5 MINUTE
ON SCENE YOU FIND A 40 YR OLD MALE DISORENTED , SLIGHT CYANOSIS OF THE LIPS, AND SUDDEN INCONTINENCE. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS MOST LIKELY THE CAUSE
STROKE, SEIZURE , OPIOD OVERDOSE, AMPHETAMINE
SEIZURE. DISORENTED POST SEIZURE, CYANOSIS CAUSED BY RAPID O2 USE DURING SEIZURE, INCONTINENCE CAUSED BY LOSS OF MUSCLE CONTROL
FIRST FIRE DEPARTMENT TO RECIEVE ADVANCED EMS SKILLS TRAINING
MIAMI FD 1966
WHAT ARE THE 4 REQUIREMENTS FOR NEGLIGENCE
DUTY TO ACT
BREACH OF DUTY
INJURY/DAMAGES
CAUSATION
A CROWY, BRASSY SOUND THAT IS MOST PROMINENT ON INSPIRATION , SOMETIMES HEARD BEFORE EVEN USING A STEHOSCOPE, MAY INDICATE AN AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION IN THE NECK OR UPPER PART OF THE CHEST IS CALLED
STRIDOR
IF AFTER 30 SECONDS OF STIMULATION NEWBORN IS NOT BREATHING YOU SHOULD
START POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION WITH APPROPIATE SIZED BAG MASK DEVICE
ON SCENE YOU OBSERVE A PT WITH CYANOSIS OF LIPS, COLD CLAMMY SKIN, LIMP BODY, PINPOINT PUPILS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS MOST LIKELY
STROKE, SEIZURE, OPIOD OVER DOSE, AMPHETAMINE
OPIOD
WHEN (OR WHEN) WAS THE FIRST EVER RECORDED USE OF AN AMBULANCE
SIEGE OF MALAGA 1487
CONSENT GIVEN BY ADULTS WHO ARE OF LEGAL AGE AND ARE MENTALLY COMPETENT TO MAKE A RATIONAL DECISION WITH REGARDS TO THEIR CARE
EXPRESSED CONSENT
WHEN ASSESING BREATHING WHAT 4 THINGS ARE YOU LOOKING FOR
RESPIRATORY RATE
RHYTHM : REGULAR VS IRREGULAR
QUALITY OF BREATHING
DEPTH OF BREATHING
NEWBORN PULSE IS ASSESED BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
RADIAL BRACHIAL AUSCULTATION FEMORAL
CARTRIOD
AUSCULTATION
PT STATES HE HAS DIFFICULTY SEEING OUT OF LEFT EYE, DIZZYNESS, SUDDEN HEADACHE, SLURRED SPEECH WOULD MOST LIKELY INDICATE
STROKE , SEIZURE OPIOD OVERDOSE, AMPHETAMINE
STROKE
1869 THIS CITY STARTED ITS FIRST AMBULANCE SERVICE WITH HORSE DRAWN AMBULANCES EQUIPED WITH AN AID BAG THAT CONTAINED BANDAGES, STOMACH PUMP, SPONGES, HANDCUFFS, STRAIT JACKET AND A QUART OF BRANDY
NEW YORK CITY
CARE AS WOULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED OF THE EMT THAT WAS NOT PROVIDED THAT CAUSED HARM TO THE PT IS CALLED
NEGLIGENCE
OPQRST
ONSET (WHAT AND WHEN) PROVOCATION/PALLIATION (DOES ANY THING MAKE IT WORSE)
QUALTIY (SHARP, DULL,CRUSHING etc) REGION/RADIATION ( DOES IT MOVE/WHERE )
SEVERITY (1-10) TIMING (HOW LONG)
THE DELIVERY OF THE PLACENTA CAN NORMALY TAKE UP TO __________ MINUTES TO PRESENT IT SELF
30
PT HAS FOLLOWING SIGNS/SYMPTONS. DRY MOUTH , DILATED PUPILS, WARM TO TOUCH, ELEVATED RESPIRATIONS WOULD MOST LIKELY INDICATE
STROKE, SEIZURE, OPIOD OVERDOSE, AMPHETAMINE
AMPHETAMINE
HALEYVILLE ALABAMA DISPATCH RECIEVED THE FIRST 911 CALL IN THE USA IN THIS YEAR
1968
CONSENT THAT IS PRESUMED THAT A PT, PARENT, OR GUARDIAN WOULD GIVE IF THEY COULD. SUCH AS A CHILD WHOSE PARENTS CANNOT BE CONTACTED IS CALLED
IMPLIED CONSENT