Airway Management
The two airway adjuncts we use to prevent airway obstruction by the tongue
What is the oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal?
Shock is best defined as this condition involving inadequate perfusion of tissues.
This route of administration is in the from of a pill or liquid.
What is enteral?
This assessment is used to determine a patient’s chief complaint and life threats.
What is primary assessment?
This term describes difficulty breathing.
What is Dyspnea?
The compression to breath ratio for performing BLS CPR.
Improper BVM technique most commonly causes this dangerous complication.
What is gastric distention?
This type of shock is caused by severe bleeding.
What is hypovolemic shock?
Before we give any medications to our patients we need to verify these __ of medication administration.
What is rights?
This acronym is used to obtain a focused medical history.
What is SAMPLE history?
This condition causes wheezing due to bronchoconstriction.
What is Asthma?
The timeframe that puts the brain at risk for permanent damage from lack of oxygen.
What is 4-6 minutes?
Oxygen diffuses through the lining of these structures and into the pulmonary capillaries.
What are the alveoli?
This is a type of obstructive shock caused by a condition that prevents the ventricles from filling with enough blood to be pumped out to the rest of the body.
What is cardiac tamponade?
This purpose of this drug is to dilate the arteries to increase blood flow.
What is nitroglycerin?
This term describes a type of illness that has a sudden onset and short duration.
What is acute?
This is the MOST common cause of respiratory distress in children.
What is respiratory infection?
A patient should be placed in this position if they are breathing on their own and there is no sign of spine, hip, or pelvis injury.
What is the recovery position?
This molecule has a greater affinity to bind to hemoglobin than oxygen, thus exposure can produce inaccurate SPO2 readings.
This intervention is MOST important in the management of all shock patients.
These drugs interfere with blood clotting and put patients at a higher risk for injuries and bleeding.
What are blood thinners? Or antiplatelets or anticoagulants
When you become focused on one aspect of a patients condition and exclude all others, this is called?
What is tunnel vision?
This sound indicates fluid in the lower airways.
What is crackles or rales?
A successful resuscitation from CPR is defined as "getting ROSC" which stands for what?
What is return of spontaneous circulation?
Innervating the diaphragm and allowing it to contract are the:
What are the phrenic nerves?
This type of shock is caused by widespread vasodilation and capillary leakage.
What is distributive shock?
PO is an abbreviation for this route of administration.
What is by mouth?
This is the MOST reliable indicator of a patient’s condition trending better or worse.
What are vital signs?
This respiratory condition presents with pink, frothy sputum and crackles.
What is pulmonary edema?
If you happen to be without pediatric defibrillator pads you can use adult pads. However, what is the correct way to use adults pads on pediatric patients?
What is use the anterior-posterior placement.
This respiratory pattern is characterized by deep rapid respirations as a result of metabolic acidosis.
What is kussmal respirations?
A trauma patient presents with tachycardia, pale cool skin, delayed capillary refill, and a normal blood pressure. This stage of shock is occurring, despite the absence of hypotension.
What is compensated shock?
This drug is a sympathomimetic drug.
What is epinephrine?
This type of precaution should be taken when patients exhibit signs of illness that produce droplets that suspend in the air for a long time.
What is airborne precautions?
Despite a normal respiratory rate, a patient shows cyanosis, fatigue, and poor chest rise. This finding BEST explains why ventilation is inadequate.
This emergency is prevalent to pregnant patients, aortocaval compression, which is caused by what?
What is compression on vena cava?