Respiratory Emergencies
High-pitched sounds that will seem almost musical in nature and is created by air moving through narrowed air passages in the lungs.
Wheezing / Wheezes
This is is a ballooning or weakening in the wall of the major vessel as it passes through the abdomen.
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (Triple A)
One of the most commonly inhaled poisons, this is usually associated with motor vehicle exhaust and fire suppression.
Carbon monoxide (CO)
This is the average or normal range for a human's blood glucose level.
60 -110
This is also known as Levine’s sign.
Grabbing or clutching the center of the chest.
A bubbling sound heard on inspiration in the lower airway and is caused by fluid in the alveoli or by the opening of closed alveoli.
Fine Crackles (Rales)
An inflammation, this is common in patients with chronic alcohol problems.
Pancreatitis
Poisons can be classified into four types.
Ingested, inhaled, injected, and absorbed.
Major contraindication for the oral diabetic medication.
Unable to swallow / unconscious.
Sometimes called cardiac compromise, this is a blanket term that refers to the blockage or disruption of blood supply to the cells of the heart, resulting in symptoms for the patient.
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
A lower-pitched sounds that resemble snoring or rattling and are caused by secretions in larger airways or when materials are aspirated into the lungs
Coarse crackles (Rhonchi)
The sign of a coffee-grounds appearance vomitus is due to the partial breakdown of blood by digestive enzymes.
Upper GI bleed.
Used in occasional cases of ingested poisoning, medical direction will order the administration of this drug as long as you don't have these contraindications.
Activated Charcoal: Altered mental status, Ingestion of acids, alkalis, or petroleum products, Active vomiting, Inability to swallow.
Daily Double:
These have similar S/S to low blood sugar. (need 4 of 6)
Hypoxia, sepsis, drug and alcohol use, brain injuries /tumors, other metabolic abnormalities, and infectious diseases such as meningitis.
This is the correct placement of V1 - V6.
V1: 4th intercostal space right sternum; V2: 4th intercostal spaces sternum; V4: 5th intercostal space at the mid-clavicular line; V3 splits V2 and V4; V6: midaxillary line; V5 anterior axillary line (splits V4 and V6).
Daily Double:
These are the ten locations when auscultating the lungs. (technically there can be 14).
Anterior Upper and Lower on right and left (4)
Posterior Upper and Lower on right and left (4)
Axillary left and right (2)
Technically: Axillary upper lower each side (4) and middle lobe on right both posterior and anterior (2)
About 1 in 15 people will develop this causing for surgery. S/S include nausea and vomiting, umbilicus pain (initially), followed by persistent pain in the RLQ and after rupture, there will be a sudden severe pain increase.
Appendicitis
This is the most common reversal medication for a certain type of poisoning in which the US has a epidemic; EMTs can administer it in this dosing procedure through the respiratory mucosa.
Naloxone (Narcan); Opiod Overdose; 1mg IN / nare.
Known as this medical term, it is low blood sugar, and its S/S using proper medical terms.
Hypoglycemia; Pallor (pale), diaphoretic (sweaty), Tachycardia (fast heart rate), Tachypnea (fast/rapid breathing)
These of the heart are narrowed or blocked, blood flow is reduced, thereby reducing the amount of oxygen delivered causing this disease.
Coronary arteries; Coronary Arteries Disease (CAD)
These are all the possible airway devices an EMT can place and their respective administrations in liters of oxygen.
Nasal Cannula (NC): 1-6L
Simple mask / Ventri / Neb: 7-9L
Nonrebreather (NRB): 10-15L
Bag Valve Mask (BVM): 15+L
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP): 10+L equipment dependent
As this grows in the female population aging from as early as 13 to late 40s, it will eventually rupture frequently causing life-threatening internal bleeding.
Ectopic pregnancy
Poison Control can be reached at this number.
(All 2s except for that 1 at first) 1-800-222-1222.
Although these can happen from trauma and due to genetic disposition, if a diabetic patient goes too far in either extreme, these occur and their two categories.
Seizures: Partial, Generalized. Each can have different subcategories but they both have three phases: Tonic, Clonic, and Postictal.
This literally means, a pain in the chest, and in this condition, a disease has narrowed the arteries that supply the heart.
Angina Pectoris