Airway and Cardiology
What chemical blocks oxygens ability to oxygenate the body by binding to Hgb on the red blood cells?
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
What is an EDC?
Estimated Date of Confinement (Due Date)
What is the range for a normal blood glucose?
70-100 mg/dL
What is the simplest, most effective method of precenting the spread of an infectious disease?
Wash your hands!!!
A psychiatric emergency is defined as...
a person who demonstrates agitation or violence or becomes a threat to self or others.
As the bronchus divides into smaller air passages, the terminal ends of these passages form the...
Alveoli
How is average SBP calculated for a pediatric patient?
In children over 12 months: 90 + (2 x child's age in year's)
What is a CONTRAINDICATTION to the administration of oral glucose?
Inability to swallow, compromised gag reflex, unconsciousness
Define hypothermia
The body eliminates more heat than it produces.
What medication acts as a binding agent for some ingested poisons?
Activated charcoal
Poor peripheral circulation will cause the skin to appear what color?
Cyanotic
Painless, bright red vaginal bleeding due to partial or complete covering of the cervix by the placenta is called?
Placenta Previa
Describe the FAST assessment for stroke
F: Facial droop
A: Arm Drift
S: Slurred Speech
T: Time of onset of symptoms
Sepsis is a life threatening condition. In the text, you were give criteria to determine a sepsis patient, name 3.
1. Source of infection and.....
1. Temperature: >100.9 or <96.8
2. HR: >90 bpm
3. RR: > 20 breaths/min
4. SBP: < 90 mmHg
5. MAP: <65
6. Lactate: > 2 mmol/L
You respond to a all from LE for a 21 year old male "acting strange".
Upon arrival, pt is pacing and talking to himself, but is otherwise ignoring the presence of everyone around him.
How do you approach?
State your name and you are there to help, and stay a safe distance with LE close if needed.
What is the standard dose of Nitroglycerin AND what is the MAXIMUM that an EMT-B can assist in administration?
0.4 mg, Three (up to max of 1.2 mg) as long as SBP remains high enough
Name a complication of pregnancy characterized by the sudden onset of seizures.
Eclampsia
Define status epilieticus
A seizure lasting longer than 5 minutes without a period of responsiveness between seizures
What are the 2 most common sources of infection leading to sepsis?
UTI, Pneumonia
A patient claims they have overdosed on Tylenol. What organ will be MOST affected by this drug?
the Liver
Heart failure of which side of the heart would cause pulmonary edema?
Left sided heart failure
What is the most common cause of seizures in children?
Fever- febrile seizures
Muscle control and body coordination are controlled by the...
Cerebellum
You are assessing a 5 year old patient with a low grade fever, body aches, and a small, red itching spots all over the body.
While completing your medical history, you learn the child has not had all childhood vaccines, what do you suspect the child may have?
These are classic signs of chicken pox. Get a complete history and take BSI precautions, but most likely the child has chicken pox.
What is the Poison Control Number?
800-222-1222