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CPR/OBSTRUCTED AIRWAY
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
OXYGEN AND AIRWAY ADJUNCTS
SCENE SIZE UP
SHOCK
100
Should be treated by repositioning the airway and reducing the size of ventilations.
What is stomach (gastric) distention?
100
500 cc of air.
What is the average breath of an adult?
100
The proper head position when using an oropharyngeal airway.
What is hyperextended?
100
What BSI stands for.
What is body substance isolation?
100
Cold, clammy skin, diaphoresis, altered mental status, nausea and vomiting.
What are the signs and symptoms of shock?
200
Repeat 6 to 10 abdominal thrusts until the patient becomes unconscious.
What is the treatment of a complete obstruction in a conscious adult?
200
Blood moving from the right ventricle to the left atrium
What is pulmonary circulation?
200
The mask that delivers close to 100% oxygen.
What is the non-rebreather?
200
Falls from ladders, bent steering wheels, a knife laying next to a patient.
What are mechanisms of injury?
200
The last vital sign to change in response to shock
What is blood pressure?
300
Alternate back blows, chest thrusts, and ventilation attempts.
How do you clear an infant’s obstructed airway?
300
Coarse popping or snoring noises.
What is rhonchi?
300
May be used when an oropharyngeal airway causes a gag reflex.
What is a nasopharyngeal airway?
300
The BLS crew needs ALS support or there are more patients than providers
Why/when do you call for additional resources?
300
Shock caused by an allergic reaction.
What is anaphylactic shock?
400
The technique used to provide ventilations to a patient with a fractured mandible
What is mouth-to-nose ventilation? May accept mouth to mask with further explanation.
400
Also called dying respirations, they are sporadic, irregular breaths usually seen just before respiratory arrest.
What are agonal respirations?
400
The patient medication that EMT’s can assist with during a severe asthma attack.
What is albuterol inhaler?
400
What the crew should be looking for while en route and arriving at a scene.
What is scene safety?
400
The type of shock caused by loss of blood volume.
What is hemorrhagic shock?
500
Modified jaw thrust.
What is the technique used to open the airway in a patient with suspected cervical injuries.
500
The sound produced when there are spasms of the larynx.
What is crowing?
500
The patient medication that will assist with breathing during anaphylactic shock.
What is epinephrine?
500
A danger zone.
What do you establish around a vehicle accident?
500
Used when the blood pressure is less than 90 mm mercury and the patient has signs and symptoms of shock.
What is the pneumatic anti-shock garment?