EMS Acronyms
ABCs
What are airway, breathing, and circulation?
What is the normal adult blood pressure?
What is 120/80 mmHg?
What is the first step to managing bleeding in a trauma patient?
What is direct pressure?
Your patient can not speak to you because they are breathing so hard and has blue lips. Their SpO2 is 86%. What medication should you give them first?
What is oxygen?
What is the correct compression to ventilation ratio for one rescuer adult CPR?
What is 30:2?
SAMPLE
What are signs/symptoms, allergies, medications, past medical history, last oral intake, and events leading up to?
You are dispatched to a male found slumped on a bench. Bystanders say he was slurring his words, was unable to move his right arm, and was having trouble walking. What assessment should you perform on this patient?
What is a stroke scale?
You have a patient who fell from a ladder. Originally the patient was alert but during transport he has become unconscious. What is your primary diagnosis?
What is a TBI?
What is the only medication proven to improve outcomes in heart attack patients?
What is aspirin?
What airway maneuver is used to open the airway of an unresponsive person with a suspected spinal injury?
What is jaw thrust?
OPQRST
What are onset, provocation, quality, radiation, severity, and time?
A patient presents with bradycardia, hypotension, pinpoint pupils, and respiratory depression. What toxin/drug is this describing?
What is opioid/opioid overdose?
When splinting a suspected fracture, what are two things you must assess before and after?
What are pulse and sensation (motor counts as answer as well)?
You have a patient who is feeling shaky and is alert. They have a blood sugar of 54. What medication could you administer?
What is oral glucose?
In the Lion King, what is the name of Simba's father?
Who is Mufasa?
DCAP-BTLS
What are deformities, contusions, abrasions, punctures/penetrations, burns, tenderness, lacerations, and swelling?
You are dispatched to a female patient complaining of tearing chest pain. Upon assessments your findings are: 10/10 pain, pale, diaphoretic skin, HR 103 RR 18 SpO2 94% BP 150/72 (R Arm) 88/62 (L Arm). What is your diagnosis?
What is an aortic dissection?
A trauma patient has cool, clammy skin, rapid pulse, and hypotension. What type of shock are they most likely experiencing?
What is hypovolemic shock?
What is naloxone (Narcan)?
What is the first priority for EMS when arriving on scene to a patient actively having a generalized tonic clonic seizure?
What is airway patency and patient safety?
AEIOU-TIPS (Only need one per letter)
A - alcohol, acidosis, ammonia, arrhythmias
E - endocrine, electrolytes, encephalopathy, epilepsy
I - infection, insulin
O - oxygen, overdose
U - uremia
T - trauma, temperature, thiamine
I - insulin, infection
P - poisoning, psych
S - stroke, seizure, syncope, space occupying lesions, shunt
During delivery, you see the baby's buttocks presenting first. What type of birth presentation is this?
What is breech?
What does the term golden hour refer to in trauma care?
What is the critical first hour after injury?
What medication can BLS EMTs give that may risk lowering a patients blood pressure by at least 30 mmHg systolic?
What is nitroglycerin (Nitro)?
What is Taylor Swift's all time most-played song that was originally released in 2019?
What is Cruel Summer?