Airway
What is the medical term for a patient having difficulty breathing?
What is dyspnea?
Seizures that last longer than this is considered status epilepticus
Before applying a splint, what must you always check and document?
What is PMS?
What is the muscular organ in which the baby develops during pregnancy?
Uterus
This type of medication is a contraindication for nitroglycerin?
These structures include the nose, the pharynx, and the larynx
What is the upper airway?
Your patient is groggy and confused immediately after having seizure. What phase of a seizure are they in?
What is postictal?
This is the first step in assessing a trauma patient after ensuring scene safety.
What is assessing airway with cervical spine stabilization?
What color should amniotic fluid be?
What is clear & colorless?
A patient reports sudden weakness on one side of the body, slurred speech, and facial droop. What condition should be suspected?
What is a stroke?
A patient is making a high-pitched inspiratory sound after choking on food. What is this sound called, and what does it indicate?
What is stridor, indicating upper airway obstruction?
Another name for grand mal seizure.
What is Tonic-Clonic seizure?
This is how you would place an occlusive dressing for a sucking chest wound
What is securing 3 sides?
What do the G and P stand for when describing the medical history of a pregnant woman?
What is gravida, number of pregnancies, and parous, number of live births?
A patient presents with difficulty breathing, wheezing, urticaria, and chest tightness after allergen exposure. What is the likely diagnosis?
What is anaphylaxis?
This is the lung sound defined as a low pitched snoring or gurgling noise when breathing, associated with conditions like COPD.
What is ronchi?
If a patient says they were awake and aware during the entire seizure, then what type of seizure did they have?
Simple partial
This set of three signs—hypertension with widening pulse pressure, bradycardia, and irregular respirations—indicates rising intracranial pressure.
What is Cushing’s triad?
What position should you place a pregnant patient in?
What is left lateral recumbant
A patient presents with persistent vomiting, abdominal pain, and fruity-smelling breath. What metabolic condition is likely?
What is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)?
This is the difference between hypoxia and hypoxemia
What is hypoxia being inadequate oxygen supply to the tissues, while hypoxemia is low oxygen levels in the blood?
This life-threatening condition involves seizures in a pregnant patient, usually after 20 weeks gestation, and is often preceded by hypertension.
What is eclampsia?
These are the four types of distributive shock
What is neurogenic, septic, anaphylactic, and psychogenic shock?
This is what the letters in APGAR stand for?
What is:
A: Appearance P: Pulse G:Grimace A:Activity R:Respiration
This neurological condition is characterized by a sudden, temporary loss of brain function due to insufficient blood flow, sometimes called a “mini-stroke.”
What is a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?