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Explains the functional and biochemical changes that are associated with, or a result of, disease or injury.
What is Pathophysiology?
Gastr/o.
What is stomach?
FAST is a common acronym that means; and is used to evaluate for this.
What is facial drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty, and time when looking for a stroke?
Bruising behind the ears, which is a sign of delayed skull fracture, is called what?
What is Battle Sign?
Second section of Medical or Trauma is called this.
What is the Primary assessment?
Earlobe to the corner of mouth, insert curved part up until tension is felt then rotate and insert rest of the way.
What is an OPA?
This is the primary mechanism of heat loss.
What is radiation?
The four components of patient assessment?
Primary, Secondary, Reassess, Patient Care Report.
These burns often present with redness, swelling, pain and blisters.
What is partial thickness (2nd degree)?
Last piece of a medical pschomotor sheet.
What is giving a hand off report?
Cells in the muscles, liver, and adipose tissue do not respond properly to insulin, limiting glucose uptake. Muscle IR accounts for 85–90% of reduced glucose disposal.
What is Patho of diabetes?
The structures of cardiovascular system.
What are the Heart, Blood vessels, Blood?
This position is a common visual cue that an individual is suffering from a respiratory emergency.
What is the tripod position?
Ingestion, Inhalation, Absorption, Injection
What are the 4 routes of Poison?
Pressure dressing and a potential commercial tourniquet for this station:
What is a bleeding wound (laceration)?
3 Things that create the most efficient compressions.
What are depth, recoil, and rate?
Hemat/o, hem/o.
What is blood?
6 Differential diagnoses that can cause altered mental status.
What are Stroke, Diabetes, Heat and or cold exposure, Seizures, Drugs, Infection?
This disease can lead to blindness, nerve damage, kidney disease and heart disease:
What is diabetes?
Device used to treat a long bone fracture.
What is a Sager?
Adequate storage space on a chassis, Van, and Heavy Duty are these.
What are Type I, Type II, and III ambulances ?
Involves a progressive decline in pumping function due to structural damage, often initiated by hypertension, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathy.
What is patho of heart disease?
Referred pain to the left shoulder is indicative of injury to this internal organ also affected by mononucleosis:
What is the Spleen?
This is done when a patient has an evisceration.
What is moist dressing and complete occlusive dressing?
Don't obtain these before your primary assessment is complete.
What are secondary findings? (Vitals, OPQRST or SAMPLE)