AAOS Quiz 2: Ch 17,18,19 pt 1

Never

100

Name the words of AVPU Scale

Alert, Verbal, Painful, Unresponsive

200

After applying PPE, What step is next as you arrive on scene?

Ensure scene is safe.

300

Name the contraindications for nitroglycerin administration: 

SPB less than 90 (hypovolemnia or shock) , Allergy, Recent Sildenifil or Cialis Ingestion, head trauma, 

400

Differentiate between a TIA (transient ischemic attack) and a stroke: 

TIA symptoms typically resolve quickly with no medical interventions, a stroke require intervention to resolve or minimize symptoms. 

500

Name the Blood flow through the heart from incoming vessel to exiting vessel 

Vena Cavas-L Atrium-Tricuspid Valve-R Ventricle-- Pulm Valve- Pulm Arts-Lungs-Pulm Veins- R Atrium- Mitral Valve-R Ventricle- Aortic Valve- Aorta 

Gonna

100

What is bradycardia?

Slow heart rate (<60bpm) 

200

Define Atherclerosis

build up of cholesterol and fats causing narrowing of blood vessels  

300

Correct dose for nitroglycerin tablets: 

1 tab = 0.4mg every 15 minutes with med control approval 

400

Define and differentiate the two main types of strokes: 

Ischemic: blockage of blood flow causing brain death

Hemorrhagic: tear in a blood vessel in brain causing bleeding.

500

A patient reports feeling ill with generalized malaise, headache, sinus congestion, stiff neck, nausea, and fatigue. What symptom is a red flag for the EMT? 

Stiff neck = meningitis symptom 

Give

100

HTN stands for what condition? 

Hypertension 

200

Normal Pulse range for adults 

60-100

300

Name the 2 dysrhythmia's an AED will shock: 

Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation. 

(V-tach and V-Fib)

400

Your patient makes no sound and does not open his eyes when you pinch his trapezius muscle, sloppily batting a hand towards the stimuli. What is his GCS?

Eye: 1

Verbal: 1

Motor: 5 

= GCS 7

500

The myocardium receives blood from what vessels, and from where do they originate? 

coronary arteries, aorta 

You

100

What is tachycardia? 

High heart rate (over 100bpm) 

200

Define angina (stable AND unstable)

Unstable: chest pain does no resolve with rest

Stable: chest pain resolves with rest 

300

Oxygenated blood returns to the heart through what vessels? 

Pulmonary Veins.

400

Name 3 risk factors for Myocardial Infarctions: 

hypertension, diabetes, atherosclerosis, history of blood clots, familial history, 

500

Status Epilepticus is what?

continuous seizing or repeated seizures without return to baseline in-between 

Up

100

Define ischemia 

Death of tissue from lack of blood flow 

200

Define AMI 

Acute Myocardial Infarction: blockage of a coronary artery causing damage to the heart 

300

Greatest risk factor for a hemorrhagic stroke is: 

Hypertension (uncontrolled or poorly controlled) 

400

Differentiate between an aneurysm and a dissection

Aneurysm is bulging/swelling of  weak portion of the laters of blood vessel wall; dissection is the separation and tear of those layers.

500

How do thew kidneys regulate blood pressure?  

Balance of Water and Sodium in the blood.