AirWay
Patients with an unmanageable airway MUST be taken to the nearest.
E.R.
True or False Oxygen is a drug.
True
General impression
Level of consciousness
Chief complaint
Are all part of the patients ...?
Primary Assessment.
Your patient weighs 400lbs whats the safest way to carry this person?
Call for additional resources.
Your patient is in respiratory failure.
Who are you calling as an additional resource?
Paramedics or ALS
(These are one an the same)
Assisted ventilations may be required using a bag valve mask (BVM) for a patient with?
Signs of Hypoxia
Inability to Adequately Protect Their Airway
Signs of Inadequate Respiration
Any above is the correct answer.
Patient having a severe alergic response (Anaphylaxis) get this well known medication?
Epinephrine.
Under History Taking in patient assessment.
Mneumonic used for "Past Medical History?"
S.A.M.P.L.E.
There is a burning tire in the front yard of the house you are called to for a very sick child.
Your next action should be to?
Call for police and not enter unitl they advise you that it is safe.
Your patient weighs 300 lbs and lives on the 5th floor.
Who do you call for assistance?
Fire department #1
(At times it may need to be other EMS providers)
All patients require continuous monitoring of their airway to ensure?
Patency (open/clear airway)
Adequate breathing.
Given to patients who are awake, have an intact gag reflex, and are not nauseated or vomiting.
Oral medications.
Unders History Taking in patient assessment.
Mneumonic used for "History of Present Illness."
O.P.Q.R.S.T.
Your patient requires bleeding control. Your primary PPE is?
Gloves.
You have given all the medications that are available to your asthma patient. He needs more.
Who do you call?
Online medical control or request paramedics (ALS).
What are OPA's and NPA's?
Called airways.
Used to assist with ventilations when using a BVM.
For patients with persistent respiratory distress.
Oxygen via CPAP
(Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy)
You should readup on CPAP.
In a "Trauma Patient Assessment" the secondary assessment includes?
A head to toe exam.
and/or
Management of secondary injuries and wounds appropriately.
You are caring for a child with a cut to the face and a brused rib. The parent is upset and yelling for you to fix it. He has a club in his hands and is scaring you. What would be a good course of action?
Exit the for your safety.
and / or
Take the patient to the ambulance for care.
Your patient is becoming aggressive towards your partner and it makes you both feel unsafe.
Who do you call for?
Police.
Position of the patient's head, Need for airway adjuncts, Need for oropharyngeal suctioning, Need for ALS advanced airway management.
These should all be considered when monitorng?
Airway
Your patient is wheezing.
What drug do you consider administering?
Albuterol
What do the letter in "A.V.P.U." stand for?
Alert, Verbal, Painful and Unresponsive.
As you enter a private house you and your partner are overcome by a smell of gas.
Your partner tell you she is going to faint.
You should?
Try and get the two of you out of the house. Call for additional resources (Fire) and alert dispatch.
(Care for the patient will have to wait your safety #1 priority)
Your oxygen tank reads 300psi before the start of your work day. You are given a call for a patient in need of oxygen you back up plan is to call for?
Call dispatch, request another unit or a supervisor to come to your scene.
Either will have will carry additional oxygen.