I Can't Breath
The appropriate oxygen device and liter flow for a patient with a pulse ox of 54%
What is a non-rebreather mask at 15 liters?
Prevented from getting COVID by wearing a surgical or cloth mask.
Who is the other guy?
COVID 19 is spread by
What is droplet entering your mouth, nose and eyes.
The 9 major symptoms of COVID – 19.
What are fever, shortness of breath, dry cough, fatigue, loss of taste or smell, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.
You respond to a call for a 62 yr old male who doesn't feel well. Vital signs are normal except his Oxygen Saturation is 80%. He has no history of COPD, Asthma or smoking. What disease do you treat this patient for?
What is COVID -19/Asymptomatic Hypoxia
The difference between an N95 mask and a K95 mask
What are masks made in China meeting China's standards and N95 masks made in the USA and meet USA standards.
To prevent getting COVID -19 do not touch these areas with dirty hands.
What are the eyes, nose and mouth?
Action of a person who has even a brief temperature of 99.5 or> or becomes symptomatic.
What is immediately isolate and obtain a COVID test.
Called for a pt having difficulty breathing. Code 1. Was positive for COVID 7 days ago. Upon arrival pt looks terrible and goes into cardiac arrest as you are talking to him. Simultaneously with placing an AED you should attempt to do this?
What is placing a King Airway before starting CPR?
PPE needed on a call for a unresponsive 6 year old having a seizure and a history of diabetes.
What are gloves, gown, face shield, N-95 mask?
How long should you wash your hands for it to be considered effective?
You should wash your hands for 20-40 seconds to be considered effective.
Coughing and sneezing etiquette.
What is cover your mouth and nose with a tissue and sneeze or cough into your elbow not in your hands.
Your patient has symptoms consistent with COVID including a fever, diarrhea and loss of taste and smell. Your pt also has a history of asthma and is currently wheezing, breathing 40 times/minute and oxygen saturations are 86% with 15 liters/nasal cannula. Your next step should be?
What is contact medical control and request permission to give IM Epinephrine rather then Albuterol due to the aerosal risk with a nebulizer.
Include all the steps you take removing your PPE after a call in the proper order.
SHOW AND TELL
What is Gown/ Gloves, Hand Sanitizer, Face Shield, Hand Sanitizer, Face Mask, Hand sanitizer/Soap and water.
Minimum percent of alcohol in effective hand sanitizer
What is 60%
When so many people have contracted a disease others do not have to worry about contracting the disease because of this.
What is herd immunity
With the current COVID environment, when using a BVM what should be in place to avoid producing contaminated aerosol upon exhalation (inflation of the BVM).
What is a HEPA filter?
Prevents an N95 mask from being effective.
What is lack of an air tight fitting (air tight seal)?
Two aerosol generating procedures we typically do in an ambulance increasing the risk of COVID exposure.
What is using a BVM and giving a nebulizer treatment.
We screen patients for COVID-19 with the following assessments.
What are Code 1 dispatches, asking screening questions, acquiring temperatures.