Cardio/pulmonary
How many chambers in the heart?
4
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
Bleeding inside the brain
How many points possible in a GCS and what are they?
15
4 eyes
5 verbal
6 motor
How often should you reassess a patient with a traumatic chest injury?
Every five minutes
A slang name for a lucas?
geezer squeezer
What generates a pulse?
Heart contracts
Aphasia is a symptom that which side of the brain has been damaged due to a stroke?
Left cerebral hemisphere
What is an Arterial air embolism
Air bubbles in the arterial blood vessels
What is a paradoxical motion?
an abnormality associated with multiple fractured ribs, in which one segment of the chest wall moves opposite the rest of the chest.
Chronic caller is also known as?
Frequent flyer
What is the purpose of the respiratory system?
Move oxygen into the bloodstream and carbon dioxide out
Blood Glucose
What is a penetrating trauma?
Injuries caused by objects such as knives and bullets, that pierce the surface of the body and damage internal tissues and organs
In what type of patients can minor trauma to the chest wall cause significant injuries?
Older/elderly patients like Joe
Diesel therapy
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What does the cardiovascular system consist of?
Heart (pump)
Blood Vessels (pipes)
Blood (fluid)
What is the most common condition that mimics a stroke?
Hypoglycemia
What is kinetic energy and what is potential energy?
Kinetic energy reflects the relationship between the mass (weight) of the object and the velocity (speed)at which its traveling.
Define or explain cardiac tamponade?
Compression of the heart as a result of a buildup of blood or other fluid in the pericardial sac, leading to decreased cardiac output (also called pericardial tamponade)
What is a nose noodle? (found in all ambulances)
NPA
What are the four components of blood?
Plasma
Red Blood cells
White blood cells
Platelets
What is the most common type of stroke? Explain it.
Ischemic- blood flow to a specific part of the brain is stopped by a blockage or an embolus.
What kind of trauma would we look for cushings triad and what is cushings triad?
Head injuries
Increased BP, decreased heart rate, widened pulse pressure
Two most common injuries caused by penetrating chest trauma are what?
Pneumothorax
Hemothorax
What is Incarcaritis?
a disorder that prisoners suddenly develop to get out of jail