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The pressure that occurs during the relaxation phase of the heart cycle; the bottom number of the blood pressure reading
What is diastolic?
The normal pulse rate of an adult.
What is 60-100 beats per minute?
The healthy breathing rate in adult
What is 12-20 breaths per min?
The number one leading cause of airway obstruction in the unconscious patient
What is the tongue?
This is yellow skin or sclera caused by liver disease or liver disfunction.
What is jaundice?
An elderly patient has fallen and hit her head. You assess her level of consciousness as unresponsive using the AVPU scale. Your initial care should focus on:
What is airway, breathing, and circulation?
The act of listening through a stethoscope
What is auscultion?
Blood pressure is usually measured over this artery.
What is brachial?
The physical force applied to the outside of the body that results in injury
What is mechanism of injury?
mneumonic for S.A.M.P.L.E
What is signs/symptoms, allergies, medications, past medical history, last oral intake, events leading up?
The goal of the primary assessment is to:
What is identify and rapidly treat all life-threatening conditions?
Mneumonic O.P.Q.R.S.T
What is onset, provocation, quality, radiation, severity, time?
The term used to describe the overall assessment of the scene to which the EMT has been called.
What is the scene size-up?
Hidden clues include inconsistent history information and multiple injuries in various stages of healing.
What is signs of potential physical abuse or violence?
This is to exam by touch
What is palpate?
A 39-year-old male sustained a stab wound to the groin during an altercation at a bar. As you approach the patient, you note that he is conscious, is screaming in pain, and is attempting to control the bleeding, which is bright red and spurting from his groin area. You should
What is apply direct pressure to the wound and apply a tourniquet proximally?
120/80
What is the average healthy blood pressure for an adult?
Protective measures that are used in dealing with objects, blood, body fluids, and other potential exposure risks of communicable diseases.
What are standard precautions?
Pulse checked on a unresponsive patient
What is carotid pulse?
An objective finding that can bee seen.
What is a sign?
A bluish color of the skin and mucous membranes that indicates poor oxygenation of tissues
What is a cyanosis?
The normal capillary refill time.
What is less than 2 seconds?
The problems or feelings the patient reports to the EMT.
What are symptoms?
The EMT's first visual assessment of the patient
What is a General Impression?