Survey and Assess
What is an Emergency Response Team
A team comprised of medical personnel skilled in emergency medicine that is deployed either out in the field or in a facility to attend to a medical emergency.
What is the conversion factor for pounds to kgs?
You divide by 2.2
What is the term for a mixture of a solute and solvent?
Solution
What is the term for prioritizing patients in the order in which they need medical care?
Triage
Name one component of a "Scene Size-up." Be specific:
Step 1: Control the Situation
Step 2: Look for Potential Hazards
Step 3: Assess the Situation
Step 4: Protect and Prioritize
What is an antigen?
Anything that causes an immune response.
What is the term for a substance that dissolves another substance?
Solvent
What are the 4 categories that we use when triaging patients?
1. Emergent
2. Urgent
3. Semi-urgent
4. Non-urgent
Name the first step of a Primary Assessment of a patient in need of emergent care:
Form General Impression of Patient. What appears to have happened?
What is an antibody?
A protein produced by B cells in the blood; works to impair pathogens.
What is the term for the substance being dissolved?
Solute
What is an example of the triage category Emergent?
Chest pain, shortness of breath, sudden weakness on one side of the body, facial drooping, a severe, uncontrolled bleed.
What is the first step of a Secondary Assessment?
Perform a Rapid Physical Assessment.
What is our body's first response to an injury, or in this case a severe allergic reaction?
Inflammation
What is the term for the movement of water through a semi-permeable membrane?
Osmosis
Where do you place a tourniquet in relation to a wound?
2-3" above the wound
How long do you have to complete both Primary and Secondary patient assessment?
60 Secs.
What does Route of Delivery mean?
How a medication gets inside our body
What is the term for a solution that has the same amount of solutes as the inside of a cell?
Isotonic
What is the term for when a hospital experiences an influx of a lot of patients at once that can possibly exhaust their resources?
Medical Surge
What is an endotracheal tube?
An artificial airway that is inserted in a patient who cannot breathe on their own.
Which Route of Delivery bypasses our gastrointestinal tract?
Parenteral
What is the name of the solution that has fewer solutes than the inside of a cell?
Hypotonic
What are two reasons why an area would deploy a medical mobile facility?
Widespread weather events, outbreak of an infectious illness or injuries that occur to many people at once like a building collapse.
What is a pupillary response?
Involuntary changing of the size of the pupil when a light is directed into the eye.
What is one example of Enteral route of delivery?
Pills, liquids, enemas and suppositories.
What is the name of the solution that has a higher concentration of solutes than inside a cell?
Hypertonic
What is the component of blood that aids in clotting?
Platelets or thrombocytes
Which assessment is determining the mechanism of injury (MOI)- primary or secondary?
Primary
What is one example of Parenteral route of delivery?
Inhalants, nasal sprays, injections, patches and topicals like creams and drops.
What is the term for measuring the skin's elasticity to determine hydration level?
Skin turgor
Why is it important to write the time on a tourniquet?
Because the tissue that is not getting blood flow will eventually die if left on too long. They might have to have part of the limb removed or amputated.
Regarding a patient assessment, what does ABCs stand for?
Airway Breathing Circulation
Where does an intravenous injection deliver medication?
Directly in the vein.
What is the term for delivering fluids or medications through an IV over time?
Infusion
You find a victim who is bleeding profusely from his neck and the blood is coming out in spurts. What type of bleed is this?
Arterial--life threatening if not stoped.
What is the term for the abnormal breath sound that indicates there is swelling above the vocal cords and can be life-threatening?
Stridor
Which route of delivery is quicker?
Parenteral. It bypasses G.I. tract and can be delivered directly to the site.
When inserting an IV through a vein, a needle is used to place a tube called a...?
Catheter
Final Jeopardy:
What is the one thing that everyone forgot to do after calling 911?????????????