Respiratory Emergencies
The primary muscle involved in the mechanics of ventilation.
What is the diaphragm.
The medical term for Heart Attack.
What is Myocardial Infarction.
The most common type of stroke.
What is ischemic.
Diabetes that usually starts in first 4 decades of life and results in an inability to produce insuline.
What is Type 1.
Extreme allergic reaction involving multiple body systems.
What is anaphylaxis.
The is the number for poison control.
What is 1-800-222-1222.
The is the bacteria that is resistant to most antibiotics.
What is MRSA.
The most common airway obstruction.
What is the tongue.
A weakening of an artery that can result in leak or rupture.
What is an aneurysm.
The highest risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke.
What is uncontrolled hypertension.
The normal blood glucose range.
What is 80 to 120.
Reaction of the skin when the body responds to an allergen.
What is hives.
A substance that counteracts a particular poison.
What is an antidote.
What is referred pain.
Normal respiration rate of an adult.
What is 12-20 breaths per minute.
The names of the arteries that supply the heart with blood.
What are the coronary arteries.
Pattern of breathing characterized by periods of increasing rate and apnea.
What is Cheyne-Stokes Breathing.
Propery name for the disease that results in the body's inability to properly utilize carbohydrates.
What is Diabetes Meletus.
Correct dosage of epinephrine for children and adults.
What is 0.15mg for children and 0.3mg for adults.
The medical term for vomiting blood.
What is hematemesis.
These connect each ovary to the uterus.
What are the fallopian tubes.
BONUS: What life threatening medical emergency involves the fallopian tubes?
Chronic condition where the alveoli are stretched or rupture and air gets stuck in the lungs.
Chest pain that does not result in cardiac tissue death.
What is Angina Pectoris.
The type of seizure characterized by unconsciousness and involuntary muscle contraction throughout the body.
What is the Tonic-Clonic seizure (AKA Grand Mal Seizure).
The EMT can treat this type of diabetic emergency, as long as the person can protect their airway.
What is hypoglycemia.
What is Asthma.
Need for an increasing amount of a drug to produce the same effect.
What is tolerance.
These are the three questions used to assess lethality of suicide.
What are:
Have you ever tried to kill yourself before?
Do you have a plan to commit suicide?
What method are you planning to use?
Sharp chest pain, rapid onset, and shortness of breath could be signs of this.
What is pulmonary embolism.
The Atrioventricular (AV) Node.
BONUS: For double points, what takes over when the AV node fails?
Life threatening condition where seizures are recurring or lasting for more than 30 minutes.
What is Status Epilepticus.
Diabetic emergency that occurs when sugar levels are so high that the body starts to digest fats. The biproduct is ketones.
What is Diabetic Keto Acidosis.
This is the name of the NYS program designed to save ambulance services money on epipens.
What is Check and Inject.
This medication is no longer in protocol; it binds to poisons and helps to move them safely through the digestive tract.
What is activated charcoal.
If we remove clothing from a patient who has experienced sexual assault, we should do this with the clothes.
BONUS: How should the clothes be stored?