Splinting
In general, splinting should be completed before moving a patient, unless they are this.
What is unstable?
Unlike abruptio placenta, this may present without significant abdominal pain.
What is placenta previa?
This is defined as air entering the chest cavity via puncture to the chest or lungs, causing the lung to collapse.
What is a pneumothorax?
The areas of the spinal column, in descending order
cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccyx.
Pink body but blue hands/feet, heart rate of 90 beats/min, cries loudly when the soles of its feet are flicked, strongly resists attempts to straighten its legs and has rapid respirations.
What is 8?
After covering the eye with a moist dressing, for large foreign objects you would do this.
What is surround the object with a doughnut-shaped collar of gauze?
This is the reason manually displaying the uterus to the left on a pregnant pt is productive.
What is pressure is relieved from the aorta and vena cava?
In which of the following situations is an emergency patient move indicated
The EMT is unable to protect the patient from scene hazards
when does anaerobic metabolism produce lactic acid?
Anaerobic metabolism produces lactic acid and occurs when cellular oxygen is limited.
Burns to the anterior of both arms, and torso is ___ %
What is 27%?
Do this to effectively immobilize a fractured clavicle.
What is sling and swathe?
During newborn assessment, this is the most important factor to determine the need for additional resuscitation.
What is the heart rate?
Upon arriving at the scene of a motor vehicle crash, you find a single patient still seated in his car. There are no scene hazards. As you approach the vehicle, you note that the patient is semiconscious and has a large laceration to his forehead. You should
what is , have your partner start manual c spine of the patients head
Worn-out blood cells, foreign substances, and bacteria are filtered from the blood by the
What is the spleen
Newborn is pink all over and has a pulse of 130. As you dry her off she begins to cry vigorously and kick her legs.
What is 10?
A patient with signs of a Proximal Femur fracture should be placed on a scoop stretcher and the leg secured this way.
What is padded in the deformed position?
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True or False: Abruptio placenta is caused by ectopic pregnancy.
What is FALSE?
Hypoxia and hypotension are the two most common causes of this injury.
What is Secondary Brain injury?
Which of the following factors would MOST likely cause a patient's pulse rate to be slower than normal
Beta blocker medications
Irregular respirations characterized by an increasing rate and depth of breathing followed by periods of apnea are called
Cheyne-Stokes respirations
For this type of knee injury, keep the knee in the position found and secure with padded board splints.
What is a dislocated patella?
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Severe vomiting and hematemesis in a pregnant woman may indicate this.
What is a Mallory-Weiss Tear?
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Suction an adult for ___ seconds, a child for ___ seconds, and an infant for ___ seconds.
What is 15, 10, and 5 seconds?
An elderly patient has fallen and hit her head. You assess her level of consciousness as unresponsive using the AVPU scale. Your initial care should focus on
A B C 'S
A 75-year-old male rubs his chest and tells you it really hurts. He tells you he wants to go to the hospital, and you help him walk to the stretcher.
What is 15?