Can We Talk?
The Federal Agency that assigns and licenses radio frequencies used by EMS units is the___________.
What is the FCC?
A normal systolic blood pressure for a 40-year-old female patient would be:
80, 100, 130, 140
What is 100?
An EMT should limit suctioning to no longer than:
What is 10 seconds?
The only thing that should prevent an EMT from performing the reassessment of the patient is:_____________________.
What is Life-saving interventions?
The portion of the assessment that is designed to identify and treat immediate Life-threatening conditions is call the:____________
What is the Primary Assessment?
When assessing a patient an EMT should__________, to help calm the patient.
What is explain all procedures?
In cases that involve children the EMT can expect to find the highest normal respiration rates in a(n)___________.
What is Newborn patients?
A nasal canula should be used to deliver oxygen to a patient who:
What is will not tolerate a nonrebreather mask?
The first step of the Reassessment is to repeat__________.
What is the Primary Assessment?
In cases of Stroke or head injuries, the pupils are likely to be:
What is Unequal?
If an online physician orders medication, the EMT should____________________.
What is repeat back the order word for word?
When checking the patients pupils and EMT should evaluate with the Acronym PERRLA which stands for:
What is Pupils are Equal, Round, Reactive to Light and Accommodation?
The respiratory sound that indicates a patient might need suctioning.
What is Gurgling?
An EMT should conduct a reassessment of their patient based on____________.
What is the Patient's Condition?
A fall should be considered severe whenever an adult patient has fallen more than_________feet.
What is 20 feet?
A prehospital care report (PCR) can become all of the following EXCEPT:
Evidence in a legal case, Part of the hospitals permanent record, Private property controlled by the patient, Data in research projects
What is Private property controlled by the patient?
A rapid pulse, or any pulse over 100 beats per minute, is called:
What is Tachycardia?
Safety is of prime importance when working with oxygen; what statement would be true.
A gasket is not needed when connecting the valve to the tank
It is best to open the valve just enough to allow oxygen to flow
Always store reserve tanks in a cool and ventilated place
What is always store reserved tanks in a cool ventilated place?
History taking is MOST extensive on the ____________ __________ patient.
What is Responsive Medical?
The medical term for bruising is:_____________
What is a Contusion?
The prehospital care report (PCR) is strictly confidential. HIPAA stands for _____ _____ _____ ____ and requires providers to take steps to safeguard the patients confidentiality.
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
In cases of shock or late stage blood loss, an EMT would expect the patients pulse to be:
What is Rapid and Thready?
The reduction of breathing to the point where oxygen intake or ventilation removal of carbon dioxide is insufficient to sustain life is called:
What is Respiratory Failure?
Your previous patient had trouble breathing due to pulmonary edema related to heart failure. When you encounter another patient with difficulty breathing you assume they have pulmonary edema. This is an example of what type of shortcut or bias.
What is Availability?
Every motor vehicle accident there are actually ______ collisions.
What is Three?
The Vehicle collision
The Human collision
The Internal collision