Human Body
The body has these 3 different types of muscle.
What are skeletal, smooth, and cardiac?
Weather, terrain, and time of day are all part of the considerations for this part of the patient assessment.
What is the scene size-up?
Gas exchange is able to happen automatically due to this process.
What is diffusion?
These structures connect arterioles and venules.
What are capillaries?
This term describes the body's attempt to maintain a balance of all systems.
What is homeostasis?
This muscle is responsible for the "active" part of breathing.
What is the diaphragm?
This is the purpose of the primary assessment.
What is finding and treating life threats?
Every patient with a chief complaint of difficulty breathing should have this assessed.
What are lung sounds?
ACS is the "umbrella term" used to describe symptoms caused by this.
What is myocardial ischemia?
This term includes the whole process of both the oxygenation of the cells and the removal of waste products.
What is perfusion?
This protective organ helps to regulate body temperature and fluid retention.
What is the skin?
The HPI section (OPQRST) helps to assess what about the patient?
What is the patient's chief complaint?
For patients complaining of a headache, nausea, and fatigue, the provider needs to have an awareness of this possible life-threatening cause.
What is carbon monoxide poisoning?
Cardiac output, the volume of blood that passes through the heart in one minute, is calculated this way.
What is stroke volume x heart rate?
These 3 things make up the perfusion triangle.
What are the heart, the blood, and the blood vessels?
These 3 organs filter the blood.
What are the liver, spleen, and kidneys?
The mnemonic "ALIVE" helps the EMT to remember the important components of this part of the patient assessment.
What is reassessment?
For patients with a contagious respiratory disease, they should wear this PPE.
What are gloves, a mask, and eye protection?
Patients with this device implanted often will not have a palpable pulse or a readable blood pressure.
What is a LVAD?
This type of shock causes widespread vasodilation and "leaky" cell walls.
What is distributive shock?
The autonomic nervous system is divided into these 2 parts.
What are the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems?
This type of assessment is generally done on responsive medical patients.
What is a focused assessment?
These 2 parts of the brain stem control breathing.
What are the medulla oblongata and the pons?
Cardiogenic shock is often found after an AMI that affects this portion of the heart muscle.
What is the left ventricle?
For a patient to be in anaphylactic shock, these 2 body systems must be affected.
What are respiratory and cardiovascular?