Patient Assessment
CPR
Airway/Breathing
Terminology
Name the Supply
100
The very first thing an EMT should do when approaching a scene
What is BSI/scene size up?
100
CPR stands for?
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
100
Term to describe abnormally slow breathing
What is bradypnea?
100
Medical term for fainting
Syncope
100
Triage Tag
200
Acronym used to determine a patient's responsiveness.
What is AVPU?
200
This song is commonly used to teach rescuers the correct compression rate during CPR
Stayin Alive by the Bee Gees
200
The large, dome-shaped muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity; primary muscle for respiration
What is the diaphragm?
200
Medical term used to describe a heart rate that exceeds a normal resting rate.
Tachycardia
200
Sterile Water
300
After determining a patient's responsiveness, this is the first thing that you should check.
What is an airway?
300
The number of compressions and breaths given to an adult during one cycle of CPR
30 compressions and 2 breaths
300
Normal respiratory rate for Adults AND Children
(BONUS: infants)
What is 12-20(A), 15-30(C), 25-50 (I) breaths/min?
300
A law that provides basic legal protection for those who assist a person who is injured or in danger.
Good Samaritan Law
300
Tourniquet
400
Something that should be checked before and after splinting and/or back boarding
What is CMS/PMS?
400
Technique used to open the airway in a patient with suspected spinal injuries.
What is a jaw thrust?
400
May be used when an oropharyngeal airway causes a gag reflex
What is a nasopharyngeal airway?
400
The stiffening of muscles following death.
Rigor Mortis
400
Ring Cutter
500
This is how often an unstable and stable patient should be reassessed (after completing your secondary assessment).
What is every 5 minutes (unstable) and every 15 minutes (stable)?
500
BVM ventilation rate for child rescue breathing
What is 1 breath every 3-5 seconds?
500
You and your partner Gene respond to a report of a car vs. pedestrian. An elderly man has been struck by a car and is now on the sidewalk lying supine. Gene takes C-spine and you begin an initial assessment noticing that the man's breathing is fast and very shallow. He does not respond to you and also has some liquid or vomit running from his mouth.
A. Put a C-collar on him and assist ventilations with a BVM and high flow O2
B. Measure and insert an oropharyngeal airway
C. Suction his mouth
D. Do a head tilt chin lift to open his airway
What is C?
500
A seizure that lasts more than ten minutes, or 3 or more seizures in an hour
Status Epilepticus
500
Occlusive Dressing