EMS Ops.
The type of ambulance that has a conventional truck cab-chassis and a modular ambulance body that can be transferred to a newer chassis
Type I ambulance
What is congestive heart failure?
The name of the bone that floats at the base of the tongue
What is the hyoid bone?
A pair of word roots, prefixes or suffixes that have the same or almost the same meaning
What are synonyms?
symptoms described by the acronym SLUDGEM
Salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, gastric upset/cramps, emesis, muscle twitching/miosis?
The four factors that form the basis for determining negligence
The reason that heart rate increases after the administration of albuterol
What is Beta-1 stimulation?
The slippery outer membrane that lines all lung tissue
Latin for arrow, this plane divides the body vertically, slicing it from front to back
What is the sagittal (lateral) plane?
Pregnant women who are gestationally diabetic have a 40-60% increased risk for developing this type of diabetes within one decade.
What is type 2 diabetes
The code of conduct that can be defined by society, religion or a person, affecting character, conduct and conscience
What is morality?
(ethics is the philosophy of right and wrong, of moral duties and of ideal professional behavior)
An infectious disease of the upper respiratory system, usually caused by a virus, that may cause partial airway obstruction and is characterized by a barking cough
What is croup (laryngotracheobronchitis)?
This feedback loop is a combination of mechanical and neural control that terminates inhalation to prevent overexpansion of the lungs
What is Hering-Breuer reflex?
A woman who is pregnant for the first time
What is primigravida?
A condition that should be suspected in pregnant women who have had excessive vomiting and present with hematemesis and/or melena
What is a Mallory-Weiss tear?
The four colors of the NFPA 704 hazard identification system that are used for fixed facility use
What are blue, red, yellow, and white?
The pressure that is measured by the gauge on CPAP devices
What is positive end-expiratory pressure?
The amount of air that can be forcibly expelled from the lungs after breathing in as deeply as possible
Vital capacity
abbreviated by mEq
What are miliequivalents?
(extra 200 points if anyone can name the disease that causes destruction of these myelin sheaths)
The respiratory range of a non-ambulatory pediatric patient (less than 100lbs) under the JumpSTART Triage system that is tagged as red.
what are less than 15 or greater than 45?
A somewhat rare disease caused by a bacterium, usually from food poisoning, that causes muscle paralysis and is usually fatal when it reaches the muscles of respiration
What is botulism?
The membrane that must be punctured for paramedic to perform a surgical airway procedure in the event of severe upper airway obstruction
What is the cricothyroid membrane?
Pertaining to the sole of the foot or palm of the hand
Volar
(plantar only pertains to the sole of the foot)
is the immunoglobulin that is located on mast cells and basophils and is responsible for allergic reactions?
What is IgE?