trauma
what is the most reliable parameter for determining if a patient with a head injury is improving or deteriorating?
Level of consciousness
What does the upper airway consist of?
Nose, Mouth, Jaw, Oral Cavity, Pharynx, and Larynx
In contrast to a full-term infant, a premature infant?
has an even proportionately larger head.
Two Causes of Hypovolemic Shock?
Hemorrhagic and Lack of Fluid Volume
15:2
shortening and external rotation of the leg.
In the presence of oxygen, the cells convert glucose into energy through a process called?
aerobic metabolism
The term primigravida refers to a woman who?
is pregnant for the first time.
Four Types of Cardiogenic Shock are?
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial Contusion
Dysrhythmias
Congestive Heart Failure
An absence seizure, also called a petit mal seizure, is characterized by?
a blank stare and an absence of tonic-clonic motor activity.
Following blunt trauma to the chest, a 33-year-old male has shallow, painful, breathing. On assessment, you note that an area to the left side of his chest collapses during inhalation and bulges during exhalation. These are signs of a/an?
Fail chest
When testing a mechanical suctioning unit, you should turn on the device, clamp the tubing, and ensure that it generates a vacuum pressure of more than?
300 mm Hg
Common interventions used to stimulate spontaneous respirations in the newborn include all of the following, EXCEPT?
positive-pressure ventilations.
when assessing a patient with signs and symptoms of shock, it is important to remember that?
blood pressure may be the last measurable factor to change in shock
Beck's triad?
Signs of a cardiac tamponade. JVD, narrowing BP pressures, muffled heart sounds
Lacerated femoral vein; BP of 70/40 mm hg
The __________ cartilage is a firm ring that forms the inferior part of the larynx?
cricoid
When performing chest compressions on a pregnant patient who has gone into cardiac arrest, what change do you need to make in the placement of your hands?
1 to 2 inches higher on the sternum
A 70 year-old female was recently discharge from the hospital following a total hip replacement. Today, she presents with restlessness, tachycardia, and a blood pressure of 90/64 mm HG. her skin is hot and moist. You should be most suspicious that she is experiencing?
Septic shock
Most severe dysrhythmia of the heart?
Asystole
You are assessing a 33 year old male's Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score. The patient opens his eyes in response to pain, is speaking with incomprehensible words, and withdraws from pain by flexing his upper extremities. What is his GCS score?
7
How does positive-pressure ventilation affect cardiac output?
it increases intrathoracic pressure, which decreases venous return to the heart and causes a decrease in cardiac output
What is the main difference between Preeclampsia and eclampsia?
Seizures
You are treating a patient presenting with labored breathing, absent peripheral pulses, and dilated pupils. These are indications of what?
Decompensated shock
What are 3 names for an ambulance
wham-bulance, meat wagon, booboo bus, ambo, uber, code-3 cadillac,