Reassessment
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What is Reassessment
What is Oral Glucose?
A Reactive response by the body that triggers and causes difficulty breathing caused by viruses, and respiratory viruses.
What is Asthma?
Rapid insertion of a needle into the bone marrow using a rigid needle.
What is IO or Intraosseous?
A form of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation.
What is CPAP?
Consideration of the effect that the medication has on the patient
What is Pharmacodynamic?
A powder prepared from charred wood usually premixed with water to form a slurry to use in the field.
What is Activated Charcoal?
A life-threatening response to the immune system. The body overreacts to an antigen.
What is Anaphylaxsis?
An herbal agent used for Anxiety.
What is Kava Kava?
A passive process in which the intercostal muscles and diaphragm relax, causing the chest cavity to decrease in size and force air out of the lungs.
What is Expiration?
Injection under the skin rather than to the muscle.
What is Subcutaneous?
A medication that is a vasoconstrictor and relaxes airway passages.
What is epnepherine?
This medication has a potent effect on the heart and vascular system, causing increased heart rate, and blood pressure commonly occurring after administration.
What is Epinephrine?
Reasons that the Continuous flow for an IV to remain patent become compromised.
Was the band used to raise the being for insertion left on the arm; is the flow regulator closed, is the clamp closed on the tubing; is the tubing kinked; is the tubing caught under the patient or equipment?
An illness caused by a group of viral illnesses that result in inflammation of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi.
What is Croup?
The two ways in which an IV can be administered into the vein.
What are heparin/ saline lock and IV saline bag?
A medication used to reduce the clotting ability to prevent and treat clots associated with Myocardial Infarction.
What is Aspirin?
Atropine which can come in the form of an auto-injector form to treat responders in the event of a chemical weapons attack.
What are "force protection medications"?
Confirmation before administering medication to a patient.
Do I have: The right patient, the right time to administer, the right medication, the right dose, the right route of administration?
The signs and symptoms of this emergency are variable life-threatening and difficult to detect; sudden onset of sharp, pleuritic chest pain which worsens with breathing in and out anxiety; sometimes a cough with bloody sputum.
What is Pulmonary Embolism?
The IV therapy that is an ALS procedure and is almost always given in the hospital.
What is a blood transfusion?
Aspirin, oral glucose, oxygen, prescribed bronchodilator inhalers, nitroglycerin, epinephrine auto-injectors, and naloxone (Narcan),
What are the 7 medications an EMT can administer in the field?
A route to administer Liquids for use outside the digestive tract, such as an injection.
What is parenteral?
Typically there are three small volume nebulizers administered prehospital through small volume nebulizers.
The protocol for Prescribed Inhaler Patient Assessment.
What is: the patient shows signs & symptoms; contact medical control; verify the expiration date of the inhaler; ensure the 5 rights; shake and prime the inhaler and it is at room temperature; After administration reassess the patient; Document time of administration, medication; dose and route?