Patient Assessment
What are the ABCs?
What is Airway, Breathing, Circulation
I'm taking Sildenfil, Sardenafil, and Tadalafil.. please don't give me this medication for my pain...
What is nitro?
I'm having chest pain, what is the name of the platelet aggregation inhibitor that you should give me? Pending I'm not allergic to it.
What is Acetylsalicylic Acid AKA Aspirin
Stridor is a sound that comes from the upper airway. What is this sound indicative of?
What is upper airway swelling?
What is the normal oxygen saturation for a normal, healthy patient?
What is 94-100% oxygen saturation
Stroke scale, capillary blood glucose, physical exam are all things you should do with a patient who has a _______ mental status.
What is "altered" mental status
What is the left ventricle
This beta 2 agonist can help clear up my wheezing.
What is albuterol?
Your patient is having severe shortness of breath, they have a history of COPD. What lung sound do you expect to hear?
What is wheezing?
What are the five rights of medication administration?
What is right person, right route, right time/reason, right drug, right dose
Your patient is unresponsive and foaming at the mouth. What are your first two steps?
What is "open the airway" and "suction"
What vessels bring oxygenated blood from the lungs into the heart?
What are the pulmonary veins
What is the generic name for Benadryl
What is diphenhydramine
What two medications are in a "duoneb"?
What are atrovent and albuterol
A patient has high blood glucose, frequent urination and is vomiting. What is the likely cause for this?
What is Diabetic KetoAcidosis (DKA)?
My patient is having pain in her left arm. Looking at the patient's left arm is called what kind of exam?
What is called a "focused" assessment/exam
This valve prevents blood from back flowing into the left atrium
What is the mitral (bicuspid) valve?
Naloxone, AKA Narcan is given for respiratory depression in the presence of opioid overdose. Name a way the medication is delivered and the dose range?
What is MAD (mucosal atomization device), auto injector, IV, IM and 0.4-2mg
What is the patient's weight in kilograms
What is the standard dose of nitro?
Stand up and show me how to perform the Cinncinati Prehospital Stroke Scale
A cardiac tamponade can lead to what kind of shock?
What is cardiogenic shock?
This is the dose range for Epinephrine for anaphylaxis
What is .3-.5mg of the 1:1000 IM
What does CPAP stand for?
What is continuous positive airway pressure?
Anaerobic metabolism produces _____ without _____?
What is ATP; oxygen