Don't Go Breaking My Heart
These are the 3 routes in which Nitroglycerin can be administered.
What is patch, sublingually, and spray?
This tool is used to estimate the correct equipment sizes and drug dosages for pediatric patients based on their length.
What is the Broselow Tape?
How does are pulse assessment change with considerations for hypothermia?
We assess pulses for 60 seconds; carotid.
The amount of liters of blood in an average adults body
What is 5-6 liters.
In these situations, you are able to withhold or stop CPR. (Name 2)
*There are 5. Two are very REMOTE SCOPE specific.
When a DNR is present (signed/current)
Provider exhaustion/safety
ROSC
After 30 minutes of CPR in remote setting
If a physician says you can
What does APGAR stand for?
How often do we assess this?
What is Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, and Respiration?
At 1 and 5 minutes.
Name the four mechanisms of heat transfer.
What is Radiation, Convection, Conduction, and Evaporation?
You have a patient with respiratory distress. You learn they have a history of asthma. What are the steps you take to assist this patient with their inhaler?
Recognize s/s of needing inhaler
Med direction/protocols
Confirm expiration date
Complete your 6 rights of administration
Shake inhaler to prime; administer dose (2 puffs)
Document/Reassess
This is the difference between angina and myocardial infarction.
Angina is chest pain or discomfort caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle, typically due to partial blockage or narrowing of the coronary arteries.
A myocardial infarction is the death of heart muscle tissue caused by a complete or prolonged lack of blood flow, usually due to a blood clot in a coronary artery
An EMT is aware that it is best practice to transport pregnant patients in what positionn?
What is Left Lateral Recumbent?
What is our treatment of frost-nip or frostbite in the field?
What is skin-to-skin contact. Pad between digits with a soft, sterile dressing, and avoiding re-warming if we cannot keep area warm.
What are the items included in a Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale assessment?
Face, Arm, Speech, TIME!
FAST exam
Which of the following systems is primarily responsible for filtering waste products from the blood and removing them from the body?
What is the urinary system?
What is the correct way to time contractions? What is the timing/frequency we expect when birth is imminent?
Time from the beginning of a contraction to when relaxation occurs; the frequency is the beginning of one contraction to the beginning of another.
Imminent birth: 30 sec-1 min long; 2-3 minutes apart.
This altitude illness has a unique sign and symptom of ataxia.
What is high altitude cerebral edema (HACE)?
If your patient is breathing adequately but with difficulty, you should first:
A. Contact medical control for permission to administer nitroglycerin.
B. Provide supplemental oxygen
C. Verify breathing difficulty by using a pulse oximeter.Your answer is not correct.
D. Begin artificial ventilations.
What is "B: Provide supplemental oxygen?"
The basic function of the pulmonary system that is known as respiration involves:
What is "The exchange of gases between circulating blood and the cells"
You arrive on scene and your patient's water has broken. You notice the fluid is dark brown, discolored. What do you suspect the cause of this is and how does it change your call?
Meconium, which is fetal stool. This is a sign of fetal stress. This call should be escalated to ALS and you need to prepare for neonatal resuscitation
Principles of EMT care from potential toxins from insect bites. Name at least two.
Remove stinger/venom sac, remove jewelry, contact medical control, keep limb immobilized, draw a circle around any swelling.
List 3 differences on assessment findings that could help differentiate between hypo- and hyper-glycemia.
1. Timing of onset
2. Skin signs: pale/cool clammy vs. hot/dry and red
3. Breath: hyperglycemia patients have ketone breath ("fruity breath")