Drugs in the Rig
This life-saving medication is the primary treatment for anaphylaxis. It works by constricting blood vessels to raise blood pressure and dilating the bronchioles to help the patient breathe.
What is epinephrine
What is 30:2?
Statins, like atorvastatin, are used to treat
A patient is found slurred, combative, and diaphoretic. Before calling a stroke alert, the EMT performs this diagnostic test to rule out a common metabolic emergency.
What is blood glucose test to rule out a diabetic emergency?
When assessing a patient’s pulse, an EMT is checking for these three specific characteristics: Rate, Rhythm, and [This].
What is quality?
This beta-agonist is delivered via a Small Volume Nebulizer (SVN) or MDI to a patient with "tight" wheezing, usually from asthma or COPD.
What is albuterol?
The ratio of compressions to breaths in two-rescuer infant CPR is
Warfarin, Eliquis, and Xarelto are examples of anticoagulants. When a patient has these on board, you should be concerned about (2)
An elderly patient presents with sudden onset confusion and "not acting like themselves." They have no fever and no cough and are nonambulatory.
What is UTI
This acronym is used to describe pupils that are Equal, Round, and Reactive to Light.
You should never assist a patient with their Nitroglycerin if their Systolic Blood Pressure is below this number
What is 100 mmHg
The rate of compressions per minute
100-120 bpm
Metformin is used to treat
What is diabetes
You arrive to find a patient in a tripod position, struggling for air, with audible "wet" lung sounds and bilateral pedal edema.
What is CHF or pulmonary edema?
This 8-letter acronym is used during a rapid trauma assessment to look for specific signs of injury like Contusions, Abrasions, or Swelling
What is DCAP-BTLS
The contraindications of aspirin are (7)
What are:
1) less than 19 years old
2) allergy to ASA
3) 325 mg taken within 24 hours
4) bleeding or bleeding disorder
5) pregnancy
6) Suspicion of AAA
7) ASA is expired
The depth to which you should go while doing compressions in an adult
Diuretics, like Lasix, are often used to treat
What is CHF or edema
A 70-year-old patient fell from a standing position two days ago. Today, they have a worsening headache and a slightly "drifted" pupils. They mention they are currently prescribed Coumadin.
What is brain bleed
When assessing a patient with a head injury, the combination of increased blood pressure, decreased heart rate, and irregular respirations indicates this dangerous condition.
What is Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP)
Before administering any drug, an EMT must check these five things: Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Dose, Right Route, and this final "Right."
What is "right time" or "right documentation"
CPR changes when ALS arrives on scene
What is compressions are continuous and breaths are given every 5-6 seconds
Sertraline and Alprazolam are prescribed to patients who commonly have
This condition is characterized by a "distributive shock" where the patient is simultaneously tachycardic (HR > 100), tachypneic (RR > 20), and has a suspected source of infection.
What is sepsis?
During a neck assessment, an EMT looks for this sign, which can indicate heart failure or a tension pneumothorax where the veins of the neck appear bulging or full.
What is Jugular Venous Distention (JVD)