PHARM
Makes platelets slippery to prevent clots
What is ASA?
Signs of Shock
Tachycardia
Low blood pressure
Pallor
AMS
Increased respiratory rate
Which of the following is the MOST reliable indicator of adequately performed bag-valve mask (BVM) ventilations in an apneic adult with a pulse?
Seeing chest rise
Normal ETC02 level in the blood
35 - 45
This drug will work on Beta 2 cells to initiate bronchodilation
What is Albuterol or Xopenex or Epi
Pump problem. Heart attack/Heart failure
Upper airway sound that indicates swelling
what is stridor?
Common signs and symptoms of acute hyperventilation syndrome include:
Choose the three (3) correct answers.
Tachypnea
Tingling in extremities
Carpopedal Spasms
Criteria to be able to administer Nitro?
Patient's own Rx
Blood pressure
Heart rate
MCEP approval
SPED use
Distributive shock occurs when
widespread dilation of the blood vessels causes blood to pool in the vascular beds
A man is found unresponsive in his bed at home. There is no evidence of injury and his medical history is unknown. The patient is cyanotic in color yet pulse oximetry reads 98%. Which of the following would MOST likely explain this?
Carbon Monoxide poisoning
Describe respiratory acidosis... how does it occur?
Low or zero ventilation rate/accumulation of c02 in the lungs
Name 5 routes of medication absorption... how medication gets inside the body
IM
IN
IH
SUBLINGUAL
PO
Determining factor of compensated shock versus decompensated shock
Numerical data = blood pressure
Hearing crackles/rales indicate what?
Fluid
Air passing through fluid
COPD, or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease consists of three disease processes. Please name/list two of them.
Asthma/Emphysema/CF/Chronic Bronchitis
4 year old child requires acetaminophen for a fever. What is the formula to figure out child's kg based off of age?
What is the dosage range?
Mom states she already gave 25 mg prior to EMS arrival. How much acetaminophen should child get PO?
... do math on the board :(
What "compartments" or areas in the body can "hide" internal bleeding? Name 3
Abdomen
Pelvis
Femur
Central chemoreceptors located in the medulla (brainstem) provide feedback to increase the rate and depth of breathing when they sense:
increases in carbon dioxide or a decrease (acidotic) in the pH of the cerebrospinal fluid.
Describe difference between respiratory distress, failure, and arrest
Distress - struggling to breathe. Still oxygenating.
Failure - struggling to breath. Labored. Tiring out. No longer oxygenating even despite 02 administration
Arrest - No breathing at all