Vocabulary
Only cats experience this during shock
What is bradycardia?
Patient is completely disconnected and reacts only to noxious stimuli during neurologic exam.
What is stuporous?
Deep inhalation with abnormally long pause before exhalation
What is apnea?
Focus on compressions on the widest portion of the chest
What is round-chested?
Rate of ventilation
What is 1 breath per 6 seconds OR 10 breaths per minute?
Nose bleeding
What is epistaxis
The location where if the pulse is not present, it indicates a MAP of <80 mmHg while checking the pulse quality during the cardiovascular triage.
What is Dorsal Pedal?
Abnormally rapid respiratory rate.
What is tachypnea?
Focus compressions over heart
What is narrow-chested breathing?
Compression rate for cats and dogs.
What is 100-120 compressions per minute?
Metabolism or process that occurs without oxygen.
What is anaerobic?
What is fluid wave?
What is orthopnea?
What is barrel-chested?
The two machines hooked up while in BLS.
What is Entitle & ECG?
When the body builds up too much acid and attempts to reduce CO2
What is metabolic acidosis?
Part of process when you ask questions about the patient's health state? (Part 0)
What is Phone Triage?
Paradoxical chest excursions.
Focus compressions directly over heart with a
1. circumferential
2. one handed palm
3. one handed thumb-to-fingers
What is chest compressions for small dogs or cats <10 kg?
What is a tracheostomy?
Normal sized globe is protruding due to pressure building behind (fluid or mass).
What is exophthalmos?
During _____, light/white MM can be long standing anemia or vasoconstriction.
What is shock?
Patient abnormally breaths with a gasping reflex pattern, indicating no oxygen getting to the lungs.
What is agonal breathing?
Focus on internal compressions that are more effective than external.
What is direct cardiac massage?
The first three things you do for ALS
2. IV Access
3. Reversals