Airway
This Airway adjunct is used on unconscious patient without a gag reflex
What is an OPA
This is the first step in every patient assessment.
What is scene size-up?
This device is used to control severe extremity bleeding.
What is a tourniquet?
This medication is commonly given for chest pain suspected to be cardiac in origin if protocols allow
What is aspirin?
This phone number activates the EMS system in Montana.
What is 911?
This airway maneuver is used when spinal injury is suspected.
What is the jaw-thrust maneuver?
These are the three components of the AVPU scale.
What are Alert, Verbal, Painful, and Unresponsive?
This type of bleeding is bright red and spurts.
What is arterial bleeding?
This blood sugar level is generally considered hypoglycemia.
What is less than 70 mg/dL?
EMTs in Montana function under these written medical guidelines.
What are state-approved protocols and medical direction?
The normal adult respiratory rate is within this range.
What is 12–20 breaths per minute?
The pulse should be checked here in an unconscious adult.
What is the carotid artery?
This is the first priority in treating an open chest wound.
What is applying an occlusive dressing?
This medication is administered by auto-injector for severe anaphylaxis.
What is epinephrine?
This agency licenses EMTs in Montana.
What is the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS)?
This device delivers nearly 100% oxygen when used with a reservoir bag at 10–15 L/min.
What is a non-rebreather mask?
This type of assessment is performed on a patient with significant trauma.
What is a rapid trauma assessment?
This injury is suspected when there is unequal chest rise and absent lung sounds on one side.
What is a tension pneumothorax?
FAST is used to identify this emergency.
What is a stroke?
EMTs must obtain this type of approval from a physician to provide patient care.
What is medical direction (medical control)?
This is the most common cause of airway obstruction in an unconscious patient.
What is the tongue?
This type of shock results from severe blood loss.
What is hypovolemic shock?
This condition occurs when fractured ribs move independently from the chest wall.
What is flail chest?
This is the most common cause of altered mental status in a diabetic patient.
What is hypoglycemia?
This national organization develops the EMT cognitive examination used for Montana licensure.
What is the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)?