Diabetic Emergencies
The primary energy source for human body cells.
What is glucose?
The type of immune system response causing anaphylaxis
What is an overreaction to an antigen (IgE-mediated)?
The acronym FAST stands for
What is Face, Arm, Speech, Time?
The most common cause of seizures in children
What is fever (febrile seizure)?
The normal adult respiratory rate
What is 12–20 breaths per minute?
It's the hormone responsible for allowing glucose into cells.
What is insulin?
The primary medication for anaphylaxis
What is epinephrine?
The most common type of stroke.
What is ischemic stroke?
The term for a seizure that lasts longer than 5 minutes or occurs repeatedly without recovery
What is status epilepticus?
The most common chronic cause of dyspnea in adults?
What is COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)?
The condition is caused by low blood glucose levels
What is hypoglycemia?
Two body systems typically affected in anaphylaxis.
What are the respiratory and cardiovascular systems?
The most common assessment tool is used to identify potential stroke patients in the prehospital setting
What is the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale (CPSS)?
The difference between a generalized and a partial seizure.
What is that generalized involves both hemispheres; Partial is localized to one area?
The two primary types of COPD
What are chronic bronchitis and emphysema?
Two key signs of the condition of diabetic ketoacidosis.
What are Kussmaul respirations and fruity odor on breath?
The dosage and concentration of epinephrine is given IM for adults.
What is 0.3 mg of 1:1,000 IM?
The time window for administering tPA (clot-busting therapy)
What is within 4.5 hours of symptom onset?
The airway management technique that should be performed post-seizure if the patient is unresponsive
What is recovery position and airway maintenance with suction as needed?
The breathing pattern commonly seen in diabetic ketoacidosis
What is Kussmaul respirations?
The key differences between Type 1 diabetes and Type 2
Type 1: no insulin produced; Type 2: insulin resistance
The pathophysiologic effect of histamine release during anaphylaxis.
What is vasodilation and increased capillary permeability leading to hypotension and edema?
The part of the brain responsible for speech and language?
What is the left hemisphere?
One common cause of new-onset seizures in adults
What is head injury, hypoglycemia, or stroke?
The life-threatening condition presents with absent breath sounds on one side, JVD, and tracheal deviation
What is a tension pneumothorax?