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A frostbitten extremity is usually:
What is hard and waxy?
A lack of oxygen or excess of carbon dioxide in the body that results in unconsciousness is called:
What is asphyxia?
Name the components of the blood:
What is white blood cells, platelets, red blood cells and plasma?
A 40 yom presents with hypotension and urticaria. What type of shock should you suspect?
What is anaphylactic?
Approximately 25% of severe injuries to the aorta occur during what kind of crash:
What is lateral crashes?
A mixture of two liquids that are not mutually soluble is called an:
What is emulsion?
An anaphylactic reaction impairs effective breathing secondary to:
What is upper airway swelling?
The kidneys lie within the:
What is Retroperitoneal space?
A 40 yom is unconscious, has inadequate breathing, and is producing copious, continuous secretions from the mouth. This situation is MOST effectively managed by:
What is suctioning for 15 seconds and ventilating for 2 minutes?
A 40 yom patient has sustained circumferential burns to the chest. The MOST serious complication associated with this type of burn injury is:
What is ventilatory insufficiency?
A pH of 7.30 indicates:
What is acidosis?
End-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitoring is clearly indicated for patients who present with:
What is respiratory distress?
The back surface of the body: the side away from you in the standard anatomic position:
What is posterior?
An individual who poses a threat to the safety of their family, friends, or EMS is experiencing a:
What is psychiatric emergency?
A 60 yom has sustained partial- and full thickness burns to his anterior chest, head and both anterior arms. On the basis of the "rule of nines" what percentage of his body surface area has been burned:
What is 45%
A disease vector is defined as:
What is any agent that acts as a carrier of transporter?
Hypoxic cellular injury occurs when:
What is loss of hemoglobin function?
Detoxification of toxic substances, production of bile, and production of certain clotting factors are all functions of the:
What is the liver?
During your assessment of a 33 yof with an altered mental status, you note a fruity odor on her breath. You should:
What is obtain a blood glucose reading?
A trauma patient who presents with shock, jugular venous distention, and bilaterally equal breath sounds has MOST LIKELY experienced a:
What is a pericardial tamponade?
The physical act of moving air into and out of the lungs:
What is ventilation?
Deep, rapid breathing: usually the result of an accumulation of certain acids when insulin is not available in the body:
What is Kussmaul respirations?
The estimated blood loss for a closed fracture of the femur is:
What is 1000-1500 mL?
You administer 0.4 mg of nitroglycerin to your 55 yom with chest pain. What adverse reaction should you be MOST observant for:
What is hypotension?
A pattern of injuries seen after a severe force is applied to the chest, forcing blood from the greater vessels back into the head and neck:
What is traumatic asphyxia?