Primarily Primary
The order in which to address life threats.
How you should treat all patients
What is non-judgemental, fair, and respectful.
The nerve that innervates the diaphragm.
What is the phrenic nerve.
The action an EMT should take on scene of a hostile domestic dispute.
What is leave the scene, call and wait for police.
The frequency of reassessment for a pediatric patient with good skin conditions and an isolated wrist injury.
What is 15 minutes.
The next assessment after addressing life threatening problems on an unresponsive patient.
What is a rapid secondary assessment (rapid trauma survey).
The action that can be preformed to help the family grieve while preforming CPR on their loved one.
What is allow them in the room during CPR, using clear and simple terms to explain the situation, being patient and taking time on scene to verify their safety.
The normal RR range for a neonate.
What is 40 - 60 bpm.
What is rapid cooling.
While transporting a patient that has lost a large volume of blood, you reassess pedal pulses and no longer can palpate a pulse. What condition is the patient in?
What is decompensated hypovolemic shock.
The assessment preformed before a physical assessment of a behavioral patient.
What is assessing their mental status.
The family members reaction to prepare for when terminating resuscitation effort.
What is being prepared for anger, hostility, and yelling.
The prescribed medication that can cause a lower heart rate.
What is beta blockers.
The three signs of Cushing's reflex (triangle) and the condition it indicates.
What is hypertension (widening pulse pressure), bradycardia, irregular respirations and it indicates increased intracranial pressure.
The length of time to stay on scene for a critical medical patient and a critical trauma patient.
What is 15 minutes max for critical medical and 10 minutes max for critical trauma.
Equipment you should have when suctioning a patient.
What is suction device, suction tubing, suction catheter, and sterile container of water.
During triage you find a concious patient with exsanguinating bleeding to the thigh what should you do?
What is instruct the patient to hold direct pressure at the site of bleeding.
The common cause for infants to appear sleepy and cyanotic.
What is bradypnea.
The indication, action, dose and route for the following medications: ASA, NTG, Epi, Diphenhydramine, Albuterol, oral glucose, glucagon, and naloxone.
What is
ASA: chest pain (cardiac origin), antiplatlet aggregator, 324mg PO
NTG: chest pain (cardiac origin), vasodilator, 0.4mg SL
Epi: anaphylaxis, vasoconstrictor and bronchodilator, 0.3mg IM
Diphen: allergic reaction, antihistamine, 50mg IM
Albuterol: wheezing/bronchoconstriction, bronchodilator, 2.5mg in 3mL inhalation
OG: hypoglycemia, increase sugar level, 15g PO/buccal
Glucagon: hypoglycemia, increase sugar level, 1mg IM
Naloxone: opioid overdose w/ resp depression, opioid receptor antagonist, 2mg IN
The action to preform when waiting for the placenta to deliver but contractions have not begun.
What is massage the uterus to aid in stimulation of contractions.
The findings in the primary assessment that would indicate a patient is high priority.
What is decreased level of consciousness, any complication with airway, inadequate chest rise, very fast or very slow breathing, exsanguinating bleeding, pale cool clammy skin.
The appropriate behavior an EMT should have toward a blatantly hostile patient.
What is an appropriate show of force.
The signs that would indicate compensated shock.
What is anxiety, confusion, pale cool clammy skin, tachycardia, tachypnea, and elevated to normal BP.
The treatment for a patient that was bitten on the leg by a venomous snake.
What is contact medical control and then apply a pressure dressing along the entire bitten extremity.
When treating a patient suffering from pneumonia, upon initial assessment breathing was adequate with signs of hypoxia. You place then on a NRB. Upon reassessment the patient is now cyanotic and unresponsive. What condition is your patient in?
What is respiratory failure.