Respiratory Emergencies
An odorless, colorless gas known as the "silent killer"
What is Carbon Monoxide
Where the upper airway ends and the lower airway begins, a structure also called the voice box
What is the Larynx
When a medication would be harmful to the patient and have no positive effect on the patient's condition, the medication would be considered...
What is Contraindicated
The part of your assessment that identifies any life threats and assesses the patients ABC's
What is Primary Assessment
Low Blood Pressure
What is Hypotension
Medical term for "wet" popping lung sounds
What is Rales or Crackles
There are this many vertebrae in the thoracic column
What is 12
The route Nitroglycerin would be administered
What is Sublingual
We're assessing for these 3 findings while assessing the pulse and respirations
What is Rate, Rhythm, and Quality
Structures that are closer to the trunk
What is Proximal
Over ventilating with more force and rate than needed with a BVM may cause this
What is Gastric Distention
The only artery in the body that carriers deoxygenated blood
What is the Pulmonary Artery
The medication that prevents platelets from clumping given during chest pain and at a certain dosage
What is Aspirin 324mg (or 81mg Tabs x4)
The mnemonic that assists with history taking from the patient or a bystander
What is SAMPLE
Fluid or blood building up in the pleuritic cavity
What is Hemothorax
A disease that produces wheezing on inspiration/expiration due to an acute spasm of the bronchioles and excessive mucus production
What is Asthma
These are the 3 different muscles found throughout the human body
What is Skeletal, Smooth, and Cardiac
The difference between adult and pediatric Epi Pen doses
What is 0.3mg Epi Pen for Adults, 0.15mg Epi Pen for Pedi
A step within the patient's assessment process in which a systemic physical examination of the patient is performed
What is Secondary Assessment
The bottom surface of the foot
What is Plantar
A pediatric pt presenting with SOB, high fever, stridor, and drooling, the EMT should suspect what?
What is Epiglottitis
The part of the brain that controls respiratory rate base on CO2 levels in the blood and changes in the pH of the CSF
What is the Medulla Oblongata or Brainstem
A medication, like Heroine, that binds to a receptor and blocks other medications is called
What is an Antagonist
A patient who responds to responds to painful stimulus with a groan, has no verbal response, and localizes response to pain, would have a Glasgow Coma Score of
Describes the sections of the abdominal cavities