11 & 12
What does AVPU stand for?
Alert
Verbal
Pain
Unresponsive
Tachycardia refers to a heart rate above _______?
100bpm
________ is reassessing and recording findings of the reassessment so they can be compared to earlier findings.
Trending
The symptoms or circumstances for which a medication is given are called:
Indications
A weakened area of an artery that balloons out and may rupture, causing catastrophic bleeding
An aneurysm
An injury caused by an object passing through the skin or other body tissue
Penetrating Trauma
"Can you describe the pain" is a question that would be asked referring which part of OPQRST?
"Q" or Quality
When checking breath sounds in a trauma patient, what should the EMT assess for first?
Presence and equality
You have received an order from medical direction that you feel would be detrimental to your patient. Which of the following should you do?
Politely question the physician and voice your concerns
A patient who has shallow, slow, irregular, gasping breaths is said to have ________ respirations.
Agonal
What is the first thing an EMT does in the Primary Assessment?
Forms a general impression
_______ is the term for the reading resulting from the heart contracting and forcing blood into the arteries
Systolic Blood Pressure
What term describes a permanent surgical opening in the neck through which a patient breathes?
Stoma
What is the dosage of oral glucose given to patients with hypoglycemia?
15g
What is (are) the first organ(s) perfused by blood leaving the heart?
The Heart
Name the 5 determinations that are made in the scene-size up?
Scene safety
MOI/NOI
# of patients
Additional resources
Need for C-Spine stabilization
You are assessing a 48-year-old male who is unresponsive. The scene is safe and you hear gurgling respirations. What should be your first action?
Suction the airway
Describe the difference between a sign and a symptom
Sign - refers to something that you can see or assess
Symptom - refers to something the patient explains that they are experiencing
Why is aspirin given to chest pain patients? (MOA)
Aspirin reduces the blood's ability to clot and works to prevent further clot formation in patients suffering chest pain.
How does CPAP improve the respiratory effort in a patient with pulmonary edema?
CPAP forces fluid out of the alveolar sacs and prevents the alveoli from collapsing
A patient whose eyes open to verbal commands, is confused, and has purposeful movement to painful stimuli has a GCS score of what?
3, 4, 5 = 12
The term ________ is used to describe a segment of the chest wall moving in the opposite direction from the rest of the chest.
Paradoxical motion
Which of the following is a desired action of epinephrine delivered by auto-injector?
A. Decrease in blood pressure
B. Decreased perfusion of tissues
C. Constriction of blood vessels
D. Dilation of coronary arteries
Constriction of blood vessels
You are on the scene of a 3-year-old patient who is in respiratory distress. The mother states that the patient has been making a harsh, high-pitched, barking cough for the past 24 hours. The child is very scared and upset. He is crying inconsolably. The patient has tachypnea, but his vital signs are normal otherwise. He is leaning forward in the tripod position and is drooling profusely. What condition do you suspect?
Epiglottitis