Cardiology
This is the primary pacemaker for our electrical activity in the heart
What is the SA (sinoatrial) Node
This is defined as the study / the way that medications move and are used throughout your body
What is Pharmacokinetics
This is the average tidal volume range (of lungs) for a healthy adult
what is 400-550 mL
Name that injury: The patient has paradoxical chest wall movement from blunt chest wall trauma with multiple rib fractures
What is flail chest
This brand is Amanda Dean's favorite energy drink
What is Alani nu
You are handed an EKG 6 second strip that is fast at 170 BPM, irregular, narrow complexes, abnormal p wave presentations. How should these rules be interpreted?
What is afib RVR?
Name at least 5 of the medications rights for medication administration
What are: Right patient, right medication, right dose, right time, right route, right to refuse, right documentation, right reason, right education
You have found an unresponsive person with insufficient respiratory effort. You hook up an ETCO2 monitor and find the ETCO2 to be 72. How do we need to improve their respiratory status?
EC: Are they acidodic or alkalotic?
What is provide faster respirations via coaching or BVM
EC: What is acidodic
This is a common method for determining the amount of BSA burned on a patient (2 options)
What is the rule of 9s or palm method
This is the primary pharmacological intervention that EMS provides for tonic-clonic seizures (WITH DOSE)
What is Versed (Midazolam) 5-10 mg depending on route
This is what differentiates a first degree and second degree type 2 AV block
What is a 2nd degree type 2 has blocked / dropped QRS complexes
This medication is a calcium channel blocker that treats irregular tachycardia. It has a starting dose of 5 mg
What is Verapamil?
Name at least one LATE sign of tension pneumothorax
what is JVD, Tracheal Deviation, Respiratory arrest
A trauma patient is presenting with hypotension, JVD, muffled heart tones, and narrowing pulse pressure. What life-threatening condition should be suspected?
EC: What are those 3 findings typically identified as?
What is cardiac tamponade
EC: What is Beck's Triad
Name at least 4 of 5 categories of the APGAR scale
What are Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, and Respirations
These are the three ekg indications of what condition
Prolonged PR interval, widening QRS complexes, and peaked T waves
What is hyperkalemia
What class of medication leads to the following symptoms when overdosed?
Bradycardia, hypotension, altered mental status, hypoglycemia, and cardiogenic shock
What is a beta blocker?
This specific respiratory pattern is seen in individuals with TBI and increased intracranial pressure
What are cheyne-stokes respirations
This type of airway intervention is directly contraindicated in Le Forte fractures of the face
What is NPA or nasotracheal intubation
What is the minimum AND Preferred area for a landing zone for helicopters?
What is a minimum of 60 x 60 ft and a preferred of 100 x 100 (will also accept 200 x 200 because that is what some protocols say)
You have arrived to find a 59 year old female in SVT who is unresponsive, hypotensive, and slightly cyanotic. What would be the treatment of choice for this patient?
what is a synchronized cardioversion
You have been ordered to administer Magnesium sulfate infusion for 2 G / hr. Your Mag sulfate is packaged at 40 mg in 1000 mL. How many mL /hr do you need to set your flow rate to in order to achieve this?
What is 50 mL/hr
You are on scene of a 25 year old male in anaphylaxis. He appears to have extremely labored breathing, has pale skin, and angioedema. What interventions are indicated for this patient in the first 5 minutes of care
What are IM Epi 1: 1,000 0.3 mg, Oxygenation
secondary: IV access, cardiac monitor /vitals, solumedrol, albuterol, and benadryl
A patient struck in the head has a brief loss of consciousness followed by a period where they appear completely normal, then rapidly deteriorate. Given this classic presentation, what should be suspected
What is an epidural hematoma
These are the four elements that must be proven during a negligence lawsuit
What are : duty to act, breach of duty, causation, and damages