organizations/Tips
Describe the KS EMS system: Who / Role / EMR
The State EMS office issues the EMS license. An EMR will operate under the license of medical director for standard of care with their service. They are also capable of responding to treat patients even before an ambulance arrives
carbon dioxide is removed in what system
respiratory system
What helps maintain blood pressure in the blood vessel walls
the muscles
If you want to distract your patient when taking respirations on a conscious patient you can.
put your patients hand on their chest and take their pulse and breathing. Addomen works as an alternative
why do we put patients on their side
If they vomit it helps prevent affixation of the it in their lungs
When doing our triage decision, what is that based on
How quickly we need to get them to the hospital
Extra: Green can wait
Yellow: Not urgent but needs attention
Red: Immediate
If you have a pregnant female in the later stages of pregnancy, how can you provide improved compressions
If possible see if the baby can be moved to the left side manually-LUD
Breaking down prefixes and affixs can help us remember medical terms...ie what is Pnea? Cardio
Pnea is affix for breathing
cardio is for the heart...
extra credit: what is Oxia? Oxygen
When handling a needle, what technique should be followed
Avoid any type of touch of the needle-even to recap. Place as is in Sharps container
the part of the word added to the end to change its reference
suffix...What is the root? It can stand alone
If a patient has a medical condition but denies current medical history: what technique could give you the information you need.
OPQRSTI
name some of the reasons CPR may not be affective
Compressions are to fast or too slow, to deep or to shallow, but one of the most important and often forgotten is that we need to have very few and very short interruptions
Blood going out the right side of the heart is going
Heading to the pulmonary artery
If presented a patient with difficulty breathing and you don't know the medical condition that caused it..where could you look
Medical alert tags often give a heads up on patients with major medical difficulty
What is physiology
Body function
extra credit: What is cytology: cellular function
why do ask for additional resources
lots of organizations are available for our assistance and special needs in any situation. Getting people to help a scene quickly also can help our scene time
Glucose is produced in what system
Endocrine
extra: What organ is greatly affective by a lack of glucose? Brain (source of energy for brain cells)
Name what you will hear with the upper and lower airway
Upper: Stridor / Snoring
Lower: Wheezing / Crackles / bronchiolitis
Both: rhonchi
When putting equipment away, what is a good idea to always have on hand
a suction device. Others are very important (O2 tanks etc) and should be monitored frequently
When dealing with a medical or trauma patient. What patient function must we always be alert to
Their airway / breathing If that stops or can't be maintained it will affect all systems
What will you do on the way to the hospital after doing your radio report.
Reassessment:
Primary / Secondary / Vitals / Interventions / Priority
Acronym: 1 2 V I P
What is Ischemia
a condition where there is an inadequate blood supply to a specific tissue or organ.
This lack of blood flow reduces the oxygen and nutrients that the tissue or organ receives, potentially leading to cell damage or death.
EXTRA: Ischemia can occur in various parts of the body, including: Brain (stroke), Heart (myocardial infarction)
narrowing of the upper airway is usually the cause for what airway issue
stridor
If you are having trouble getting a good seal with a BVM and it's a trauma patient..what can you have your helper do to assist
Your helper can do have the helper assist with securing the mask and maintain stabilization (2 handed C3 seal)
Putting in a nasal or oral airway would not help if there is no O2 going through the mask
Geriatric patients have difficulty with a variety of changes. Which ones concern the EMR
They have multiple systems affected but one that needs to be understood the their change in their senses like touch / pain and temperature changes