If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib
Nitro when given to patients with cardiac-related chest pain does what?
Relaxes the walls of the coronary arteries
When the heart requires more oxygen, the ___________ ___________ the _________ ___________
The arteries supplying the heart dilate
Blood that is ejected from the right ventricle flow into the _________ __________.
Pulmonary arteries
An EMT may administer aspirin to a patient if?
Authorization from medical control has been obtained
What medication form does oral glucose come in?
Gel
Aspirin is beneficial to patients suspected of having a heart attack because it?
Prevents the aggregation of platelets
Medical term for an extremely low blood glucose level is
hypoglycemia
You should deliver chest compressions to an unresponsive adult patient in cardiac arrest by?
(Where should you do this?)
Compressing the sternum between the nipples
Functions of the sympathetic nervous system?
Dilation of blood vessels in the muscles, increases in the heart and respiratory rates, constriction of blood vessels in the digestive system
When caring for a patient who takes numerous medications, it is best to do what with the medication?
take all of the patient's medications with you to the hospital and document them on your patient care report.
The electrical stimulants that originates in the hearts primary pacemaker is controlled by impulses from the brain that arrive by way of the
Autonomic nervous system
The myocardium receives oxygenated blood from the _____, which originates(s) from the ______
Coronary arteries, aorta
In contrast to the sympathetic nervous system, the parasympothetic nervous system
slows the heart and respiratory rates
What is the function of the left atrium?
It receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
When an electrical impulse reaches the AV node, it is slowed for a brief period of time so that?
Blood can pass from the atria to the ventricles
Proper depth of chest compressions on a 9 month old?
One-third the diameter of the chest, or about 1 1/2 inches
You respond to a known heroin drug user who is unresponsive. If they give naloxone (Narcan) to the patient, the EMT should recall that:
Nalxone administration could cause seizures in this patient
Where does the head and brain receive their supply of oxygen?
Carotid arteries
If gastric distension begins to make positive-pressure ventilation difficult, you should
Reposition the patients head
Which coronary artery supplies blood to the right ventricle and inferior wall of the left ventricle?
The right coronary artery
Neuorgenic shock occurs when?
Failure of the nervous system causes widespread vasodialtion
Characteristics of epinephrine? (What does it do)
Secreted naturally by the adrenal glands, dilates passages in the lungs, constricts the blood vessles
What is Septic shock
Bacterial damage to the vessel wall, leaking blood vessels, and vasodilation
When performing chest compressions on an adult, the EMT should compress?
At leas 2 inches
Clinical signs of compensated shock?
Cool and clammy skin, restlessness or anxiety, rapid, shallow breahing