Shock (or hypoperfusion) is generally defined as what?
100
Hypoxia
_____ can cause a patient to become agitated and aggressive.
100
Acute coronary syndrome
What is the disease process, not the clinical emergency, that can happen when the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded from atherosclerotic plaque?
100
altered mental status.
Your patient cannot remember his name. You would document this finding by writing that he has a/n:
100
Tonic
Your patient has extreme muscular rigidity and is arching her back. Which phase of a seizure is she experiencing?
200
Hypovolemic
Your patient is bleeding profusely from a stab wound. Which of the following types of shock is she most likely experiencing?
200
Hypercarbia
Which of the following conditions can initially present with lethargy and confusion?
200
Capillaries
Which of the following blood vessels directly interface with cells throughout the body?
200
a coma
An unconscious state in which the patient does not respond to painful stimuli is referred to as:
200
Simple partial seizure
Your patient has experienced the type of seizure involving only one cerebral hemisphere and producing jerky muscular activity in one area of the body, arm, leg, or face. The patient remained conscious during the seizure and can recall the event. What type of seizure does this describe?
300
Cardiogenic
Your patient is in shock after suffering a massive heart attack that damaged a large portion of the left ventricle. Which type of shock is the patient MOST likely to experience?
300
pulsus paradoxus
While you are obtaining your patient's blood pressure, you notice that the needle drops more than 10 mm/Hg each time the patient inhales. This is called:
300
Veins
Which of the following blood vessels primarily carry deoxygenated blood?
300
Toxic-metabolic causes
Into what category of causes of altered mental status would anoxia, hypoglycemia, and carbon monoxide poisoning fall?
300
Absence or petit mal seizure
Your patient is a five-year-old child who was seen simply staring off into space. His teacher was concerned about him so the ambulance was called. What type of seizure might this be called?
400
Failure of the sodium/potassium pump
What is the greatest detrimental effect on the body if hemorrhage continues beyond the stage of cellular ischemia?
400
Relaxed tongue
You arrive on scene for an unresponsive male patient with a suspected airway obstruction. Without performing any assessment on this patient other than knowing that he is an adult male, what is the MOST common reason for an upper airway obstruction?
400
Lethal cardiac rhythm disturbance
The majority of out-of-hospital deaths that are attributed to coronary artery disease are due to what sudden event?
400
High priority
Patients who present with an acute change in their mental status are considered what transport priority?
400
Febrile
Which type of seizure is considered to be a secondary seizure?
500
Failure to produce adequate adenosine triphosphate (ATP
The failure of what cellular metabolic activity in a shock state is essentially the start of the downward spiral that results in patient death?
500
Airway control
You are dispatched for a patient with respiratory distress. Upon your arrival, the patient is unresponsive with sonorous airway sounds. What type of intervention is this patient in immediate need of?