Prepatory
This is a Minimum Required PPE to use with Teberculosis Patients
What is N-95 Mask or Respirator
This stretcher position is best for patient who are unconscious and have a risk of vomiting
What is Recovery Position or Laying on their side
The Thumb is _________ to the Forearm
What is Distal?
Normal Capillary Refill time in a perdiatric patient
Less than 2 seconds, same as adult
This Organ is the primary part of the Renal System
Kidneys
What does PERRL stand for?
Pupils Equal, Round, Reactive to Light
A blanket Term for any inadequate circulation of blood throughout the body
What is Shock
This pulse should be checked first on all conscious adult patients.
Radial Pulse (wrist)
A normal pediatric patient has ____ breathing than an adult
Faster
OPQRST stand for what? Do you use it on every patient? What is it meant to assess?
Onset, Provocation, Quality, Radiation, Severity, Time.
No.
Only use it when assessing patients with Pain.
A Car accident patient with an moderate bleed is not breathing, what do you do first?
Open airway, then breathing, then worry about the bleed. (yes you can do both hold the bleed and open airway with 2 people, but the test wants you to do A then B then C. Imagine you are alone for these test questions.)
You must do this when encountering a patient in cardiac arrest, family reports DNR but unable to locate it.
Start CPR and attempt to contact Medical Control.
Medical Term for High levels of C02
hypercapnia
Tongue is proportionally larger and more of a chocking hazard, Trachea rings are not as rigid causing easier collapse, overall airway is narrower allowing for chocking on smaller objects.
This Quadrant of the Heart is the largest and most muscular. (Bonus: where does the blood go from here?)
Why do we teach a systematic approach to patient assessment?
Most reliable way to determine if the patient has a life threatening condition.
If your patient were in shock but her body's responses were able to maintain adequate perfusion, the patient would be in:
Compensated Shock
This is a byproduct of anaerobic metabolism (without oxygen)
What is Lactic Acid
A 16 year old playing football suffers a hard hit, he is unresponsive and cyanotic with snoring respirations. What is the first thing you should do?
Attempt to open airway with C-spine considered (Head tilt or Jaw Thrust depending on MOI)
This is the normal vitals range for a healthy adult at rest
HR: 60-120
BP: 120/80 +/- 10
RR:12-20
BGL: 80-120
How do you take a blood pressure without a stethoscope? Bonus what is the medical name of a BP cuff?
Palpation, Sphygmomanometer
These 3 symptoms change respiratory distress to respiratory failure.
Low SpO2, Skin color change, Altered Mental Status. Overall, respiratory system unable to keep up with demand.
Define internal respiration
The gas exchange of oxygen and CO2 between cell membranes and blood at the capillaries.
Brachial Pulse (inside of elbow, medially)
The _____ moves deoxygenated blood from the Right Ventricle to the ______.
Pulmonary Artery, Lungs