Cardiac
The normal resting heartbeat of a healthy adult should be between how many beats per minute?
60 - 100
The normal Breaths Per Minute taken by a healthy adult is?
12 - 20
What type of shock is a person in if they have lost too much blood?
Hypovolemic Shock
A person lying supine is lying on their
Back
Intubate a person who cannot breath on their own.
No
The normal resting heart rate for a healthy 1 year old infant is how many beats per minute?
90 - 120
the normal Breaths Per Minute taken by an Infant less than 1 year old is?
24 - 40
You are called to a person with a severe head injury. Upon arrival, you find the person is very confused and cannot answer questions appropriately. How do we check to see if the person is experiencing traumatic brain injury?
Pupils.
Are they equal, normal size, and reactive?
A person lying prone is lying on their
Front
Administer Naloxone intranasally to a patient experiencing a drug overdose.
Yes
An AED is capable of shocking a heart back into a normal rhythm. What are the ONLY 2 rhythms an AED can shock back into sinus rhythm?
Atrial Fibrillation (AFib)
and
Ventricular Fibrillation (Fib)
A supraglottic airway is something that we as EMT's can do to help what?
Open up the airway
While a person is running for exercise, they become short of breath and fall down. They tell you that they are not hurting anywhere but are having trouble breathing. Although no complaint of pain, you notice a large amount of blood coming from their leg. What do you treat first?
The kidneys are part of the ___________ system.
Renal.
Kidneys filter urea out of the blood and create urine from the body to excrete
Start an IV for the nurse at the ER to administer drug upon arrival.
No
As an EMT, we are capable of administering a limited number of medicines. Which 2 medicines are we allowed to give that can help a person having cardiac problems?
Aspirin
and
Nitroglycerine
Anaphylactic shock is an allergic reaction that shuts down the respiratory system. What medicine are we allowed to administer to reverse the effects of anaphylaxis and respiratory failure?
Epinephrine
Bright red squirting blood is an indicator of a
Arterial Bleed
Phalanges are the technical medical term for what?
Fingers and Toes
Assist a patient with administering Albuterol from their own inhaler who is having an asthma attack.
Yes
What is the medical terminology for a heart attack?
(Hint: MI)
Myocardial Infarction
Hypoxia is when the oxygen level in a person is low. At what percentage is concerning enough to administer O2 in a healthy adult with no history of respiratory problems?
90 - 94%
A person is involved in a car accident. Airbags deployed and hit the patient in the chest. When you arrive, the patient is vomiting dark brown, what looks like coffee grounds. This is an indicator of
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (GI Bleed)
Scientifically, the strongest bone in the human body is located in the leg and is called
Femur
No.
Although we are allowed to give oral glucose to low blood sugar patients, they need to be alert and oriented enough to swallow the glucose and not obstruct the airway.