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This is the maximum depth of chest compressions for an adult to avoid internal injury while still maintaining perfusion.
What is 2 inches?
This specific medication is the treatment of choice for a patient presenting with Torsades de Pointes.
What is Magnesium Sulfate?
This life-threatening type of shock occurs when the "pump" is working fine, but there is not enough "fluid" in the pipes to maintain blood pressure.
What is Hypovolemic Shock?
When treating a burn in the tactical environment, you should cover the burned area with this specific type of material to prevent infection and heat loss.
What is a dry, sterile dressing?
This is the specific battle during WWII where the Hospital Corps sustained its highest casualty rate, earning them the praise of the Marines.
What is the Battle of Iwo Jima?
When a casualty is in the late stages of pregnancy and in cardiac arrest, you should perform this manual maneuver to improve blood flow to the heart during CPR.
What is Left Uterine Displacement (pushing the uterus to the left)?
During a cardiac arrest (VF/pVT), this is the standard initial dose of what medication given IV/IO
What is Amiodarone 300 mg?
This diagnostic tool, featuring rows of letters in decreasing sizes, is the standard for measuring distance visual acuity during a physical exam.
What is a Snellen Chart?
You should NOT insert a Nasopharyngeal Airway (NPA) if the casualty has clear fluid coming from the nose or ears, which indicates this type of injury.
What is a skull fracture or severe head trauma?
This is the official "birth date" of the United States Navy Hospital Corps.
What is June 17, 1898?
If you suspect a casualty is in cardiac arrest due to an opioid overdose, this medication should be administered as soon as possible after starting CPR.
What is Naloxone (Narcan)?
If a patient has symptomatic bradycardia and the maximum dose of Atropine is ineffective, this electrical intervention is the next appropriate step
What is Transcutaneous Pacing?
As part of the Universal Protocol, a medical team must perform this final verbal verification step to prevent "wrong-site, wrong-procedure" errors
What is a "Time Out"?
Hypothermia is extremely dangerous for trauma casualties because it directly interferes with this vital physiological process.
What is blood clotting (or coagulation)?
During WWII, this group of women entered the Hospital Corps for the first time to provide medical support on the home front.
Who are the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service)?
When you a suspected drowning patient, ARC guidelines state you should perform this action before starting compressions.
What is provide 2 initial breaths?
If a patient achieves ROSC but remains unresponsive, the team should immediately initiate this protocol to protect neurological function
What is Targeted Temperature Management (TTM)?
This mode of transmission involves an intermediate living organism, such as a mosquito, tick, or flea, that carries a pathogen from one host to another.
What is Vector-borne transmission?
When documenting care on the DD Form 1380, you use this acronym to quickly record the casualty's level of consciousness.
What is AVPU (Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive)?
The Hospital Corps is the most decorated rating in the Navy, boasting this many Medals of Honor.
What is 23?
To maintain high-quality compressions and minimize fatigue, the team leader should direct a switch of compressors at this interval.
What is every 2 minutes (or every 5 cycles)?
While treating symptomatic bradycardia, Atropine is administered in 1mg doses up to this absolute maximum total dose.
What is 3 mg?
This is the most common commercial trade name for the expectorant Guaifenesin, frequently used to thin mucus in the respiratory tract.
What is Mucinex?
If a casualty with a chest seal begins to struggle to breathe and their condition worsens, you should perform this action to release trapped air.
What is "burping" the chest seal?
To date, this is the total number of Navy ships that have been named in honor of Hospital Corpsmen.
What is 20? (Accept "around 20")