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Confused 34 y/o female who only responds to verbal stimuli and withdraws to pain.
What is GCS of 11?
Often recognized by it's characteristic seal-like barking cough.
What is croup?
Circumferential 2nd degree burns to infant's head.
What is 18% BSA?
Represented by these three letters in the primary assessment.
What is Airway, Breathing, Circulation?
Form of apnea that could be misinterpreted as breathing. Often happens in the beginning stages of cardiac arrest.
What are agonal gasps?
After 1 minute, infant's extremities hang limply at it's side has a pink core, pulse rate of 90, and a weak cry but only when stimulated.
What is APGAR of 4?
Characterized by N/V, possible loss of consciousness, red, hot dry skin, no sweating, increased body temperature.
What is heat stroke?
Adult with 2 degree burns to anterior R leg, 3rd degree burns to anterior R arm and 1st degree burns to posterior L leg.
What is 22.5% BSA?
A commonly used rapid pediatric assessment tool.
What is the Pediatric Assessment Triangle?
Causes a falsely high SpO2 reading.
What is CO poisoning?
22 y/o F lying in street after MVA. Found conscious and alert upon arrival. Complains of pain to her L pelvis but doesn't remember what happened.
What is GCS of
Painless vaginal bleeding with loss of bright red blood. Leading cause of vaginal bleeding in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters.
What is Placenta Previa?
Responsible for the rules and regulations pertaining to EMS.
What is the state EMS agency?
The three collisions in a motor vehicle accident.
What is machine collision, body collision and organ collision?
Condition where trauma causes an erection of the male genitalia despite any other stimulation.
After 5 minutes, the infant's has a loud cry, limbs are pulled tightly to it's core, pink core and pink extremities, pulse rate of 106 and crying spontaneously.
What is an APGAR score of 9.
Pattern of breathing characterized by groups of quick, shallow inspirations followed by regular or irregular periods of apnea.
What is Biot respiration?
2nd degree circumferential burns to bilateral legs of infant and 1st degree circumferential burns to lower torso.
What is 46%?
These three signs point to Beck's Triad.
What is jugular vein distention, hypotension, and muffled heart sounds.
This mismatch lies behind most abnormalities in oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange.
What is V/Q mismatch.
56 y/o male sitting outside the bar uttering mumbling noises. Yells out in pain when you pinch his trapezius and quickly pulls away.
What is GCS of 8?
Most ominous sign of impending cardiopulmonary arrest in infants.
What is bradycardia?
Potentially, the essential tenet of EMS. Also, known by the Latin phrase "Primum non nocere"
What is "First Do No Harm"?
Three primary signs that make up Cushing's Triad.
What is Increased BP, Decreased Pulse Rate, and Decreased Respirations
Type of incident, with many victims, where Reverse Triage is performed
What is a lightening strike?