Airway/Respirs
At what flow rate should a nasal cannula be set?
Your 48F patient presents with stabbing chest pain that began 30 minutes ago. She is short of breath and diaphoretic. You suspect:
What is a Myocardial Infarction?
What is an EC clamp?
A positive TB test indicates:
What is you have been exposed to the disease?
Clay, a man of good taste enjoys this hobby during his free time.
What is wood working?
A high pitched whistling sound on inspiration is indicative of what?
What is stridor?
What is the Inferior Vena Cava?
You notice your partner is bagging your 35F patient once every 3 seconds. You should tell them:
You forgot to document care you gave to a patient. In the eyes of the law you:
Never performed the action?
We all know Meehan is from Garret, but he worked for this fire department before joining us in Fort Wayne.
What is Angola?
Wheezing, a lower airway issue, is caused by this:
What is bronchoconstriction?
This is the reason that a heart beat that is too rapid can decrease cardiac output.
You extract your patient from the wreckage of their automobile after they collided with a tree. They are apneic and pulseless. To open their airway you should:
What is employ a jaw-thrust maneuver?
Pulmonary Edema may be treated with this airway device.
What is Pulmonary Edema?
What is two?
Your 29M patient presents with a diminished LOC, has a respiratory rate of 7 and is showing signs of hypoperfusion. You would use this type of oxygenation equipment to treat him.
What is a Bag Valve Mask?
A backup to the right side of the heart could manifest with this symptom in the neck:
What is JVD?
An airway obstruction in the patient you are bagging may be signaled by this:
What is reduced bag compliance?
Widespread vasodilation causing blood to pool in the vascular beds is the cause of this condition.
What is distributive shock?
Ford grew up in this greater-Fort Wayne-area town.
What is Churubusco?
Your pediatric patient is AOx4 and breathing inadequately. When you attempt to apply a non-rebreather he rejects it. You then prepare to administer blow-by oxygen. You set the mask to this flow rate:
5 LPM
Electrical Impulses from the heart originate here.
What is the SA node?
Your unconscious patient presents with vital signs of P 54, BP 190/110, respirations 6 and irregular. You will bag your patient at this rate.
What is 20 breaths per minute or once every three seconds?
This bile-storing organ resides in the retroperitoneal space
What is the gallbladder?
Nick Alles played this position for the St. Francis football team.
What is tight end?