Inserting an oral airway in a child differs from an adult in this way?
The airway is inserted along the pharyngeal curve (not upside down)
This condition occurs in pregnant 3rd trimester patients who lay supine?
Supine hypotensive syndrome
Joint fractures or dislocations with a distal pulse are splinted in this position?
How they were found
Of the two major types of stroke, this one is less common and typically presents with a severe headache?
An alert patient at an MCI (mass casualty incident) with a broken tibia and fibula with P 88, R 16, BP 108/68 would be tagged which color?
Yellow
The point at which the trachea bifurcates...
Carina
Conditions like pancreatitis and cirrhosis can cause this accumulation of fluid in the abdomen?
Ascites
The radial pulse is found on this side of the wrist? *use proper medical terminology!
Lateral side
One rescuer child CPR is performed at this ratio of compressions:ventilations?
30:2
Emergency vehicles must be driven with this in mind toward others on the road...
Due regard
Swelling of airway tissues in an allergic reaction occurs due to?
Angioedema
This anatomical reference point is between the anterior superior iliac spine and the umbilicus.
McBurney's point
This type of intracranial bleeding is slower because it is usually venous bleeding.
Subdural hematoma
Without blood thinning medications, this heart rhythm has the potential to cause a stroke.
Atrial fibrillation
The C in CBRNE stands for which threat?
Chemical
You suction for this long in an actively vomiting adult patient?
As long as it takes to clear the airway
Seen in psychiatry patients, this finding is defined as a false belief?
Delusion
This burn would be described as what depth?
(See Burn pic for NREMT)
Partial thickness or 2nd degree
- skin is charred in areas, but burn has not gotten into the subQ layer, also the blisters that are present
After traveling through the mitral valve, blood has moved into what part of the heart?
Left ventricle
Neonatal resuscitation recommends this ratio of compressions to ventilations?
3:1
You are ventilating a patient with a BVM and observe a drop in BP. What is happening to the pt in terms of ventilation and their pressure?
Pt is being overventilated and intrathoracic pressure has increased.
These respirations are seen in medical patients with acidosis?
Your patient has lost about 1750 mL of blood. What stage/class of hemorrhage would that place them in?
Third
This is a congenital heart abnormality that has 4 different defects?
Tetralogy of Fallot
Which of the numbered sections on this NFPA 504 placard has the greatest hazard? (Show NFPA 2 pic)