Patient Assessment
The steps performed during a patient assessment (in chronological order).
What is scene safety, BSI precautions, initial assessment, secondary assessment, and reassessment?
The funniest bone in the body.
When assessing a patient with an altered mental status, it is most important to.
what is: Maintain an open and patent airway.
What is a normal respiration rate for an adult?
What is: 12-20
There are four general levels of EMS training and certification. (list from lowest to highest)
What is first responder, EMT basic, EMT intermediate, and EMT paramedic.
A common assessment tool used for medical pain.
OPQRST
The outer most part of the skin is called.....
What is epidermis.
Episodes of stroke-like symptoms that come and go.
What are Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIAs)?
What is the difference between systolic and diastolic when taking a blood pressure.
Diastolic: Resting Pressure of the heart
Activities that a person licensed to practice as a health professional is permitted to perform
The AVPU acronym stands for?
What is Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unresponsive.
The 3 main divisions of the spinal column in descending order.
What is Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar.
To properly immobilize a forearm fracture the provider should splint.
The Elbow, fractured site, and wrist.
This acronym is used for history taking.
what is: SAMPLE
During CPR an appropriately signed D.N.R. is found, you should.
What is: Cease Resuscitation efforts
An upper airway sound indicative of obstruction.
What is stridor?
List the four chambers of the heart.
What is right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, and left ventricle.
you are dispatched to a patient who has gotten an unknown chemical into his eyes due to a chemical waste spill, What should be done first?
Wait for the hazmat team to contain the spill and clear the site before entering.
subjective experiences reported by patients, such as pain, fatigue, or nausea, reflecting how they feel during an illness
What are Symptoms
The patient must be told in an easy-to-understand nature and the extent of the procedure to be performed as well as the possible risks involved
What is: Expressed consent
What does the stroke acronym BE FAST Stand for?
What are the air sacks in the lunch which allow for the gas exchange to occur.
what is Alveoli
Which of the following would be considered a life threatening condition?
A) Tibia Fracture
B) Mandible Fracture
C) Femur Fracture
D) Radial Fracture
What is: C) Femur Fracture
The acronym GCS stand for _____ What is the HIGHEST and LOWEST score we can give soemone?
What is the: Glascow Coma Scale, 15 and 3
law regarding confidentiality of protected health information
What is HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)