MEDICAL
BLEEDING & SHOCK
EMS RESPONSE & OPERATIONS
SOFT TISSUE INJURIES
ACRONYMS & OPERATIONS
100

What is the amount of time you check a patients pulse.

what is no longer then 10 seconds?

100

Deoxygenated blood is pumped from the heart to the lungs through the

What is the pulmonary artery?

100

What is the muscle Primarily responsible for the breathing process.

What is the Diaphragm?

100

Which type of injury is most likely to involve both a entrance and a exit wounds.

What is a penetrating wound?

100

The "P" in avpu stands for.

What is painful stimuli?

200

When caring for a patient apparently having a asthma attack, ask if the patient has a _____ with them

What is a Metered-dose inhaler?

200

Which type of bleeding is most difficult to control.

What is arterial Bleeding?

200

From which blood vessels is bleeding more likely to be severe.

What is the Arteries?

200

A pneumothorax may form in a patient with.

What is a chest trauma?

200

BEFAST is a common Acronym to evaluate this condition.

What is a stroke? 

300

Another term for a stroke is.

What is a cerebrovascular Accident?

300

Control external bleeding in an extremity by first.

What is applying direct pressure on the point of bleeding?

300

When can Pathogens enter the body through the skin.

What is with any break in the skin?

300

Evisceration is characterized by.

What is a protrusion of an organ from a wound?

300

The first priority when you arrive on scene after taking PPE precautions.

What is scene Safety?

400

The Clonic phase of Tonic-Clonic (grand mal) seizure is typically characterized by.

What is Jerking Muscles?

400

How can you control internal bleeding.

What is you cannot control internal bleeding?

400

Injury in what Body area may cause Paralysis elsewhere in the Body.

What is the Spine?

400

If a patients tongue is bleeding you should.

What is put a sterile dressing on the wound and apply pressure?

400

An Emergency, often a crash, that exceeds the capabilities of main responding agency.

What is an MCI?

500

When is oxygen administered to a patient with a medical emergency

What is when Directed by local protocol/

500

A late sign of shock is.

What is decreased blood pressure?

500

How soon do cells in the vital organs such as the brain begin to die after the heart stops.

What is a few Minutes?

500

What is a soft Tissue injury that involves a flap of skin or tissue torn loose.

What is an avulsion?

500

This Acronym helps guide a responder in evaluating a sick or injured patient.

What is Sample?