Pharmacology
In ______ Administration, you are administering the medication to yourself or your partner.
Peer Asssited
Paramedic administered
EMT administered
Patient assisted.
Peer Assisted
Which most accurately describes septic shock?
Viral infection of the blood vessels, vascular damage, and vasoconstriction
Bacterial Damage to the vessel wall, leaking blood vessels, and vasodialation
Widespread vasoconstriction and plasma loss due to a severe due to a severe viral infection
Bacterial Infection of the nervous system with widespread vasodilation
Bacterial damage to the vessel wall, leaking blood vessels, and vasodilation.
A 25-Year old unrestrained female struck the steering wheel with her chest when her car hit a tree while traveling at a high rate of speed. She has signs and symptoms of shock, which you suspect are the result of intrathoracic bleeding. Which intervention will provide this patient with the greatest chance for survival?
A. IV Fluids
B. High Flow Oxygen
C. Rapid Transport to a trauma center.
D. Full Spinal Immobilization
Rapid transport to a Trauma Center.
The medical term for an extremely low blood glucose level is...
Hyperglycemia
"The Sugars"
Lack of snickers bars
Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia
Continuing Education in EMS serves to
Confirm research and statistical findings in prehospital care.
Maintain, update, and expand the EMT's knowledge and skills.
Enforce mandatory attendance at an agency specific training.
Provide ongoing review and audit of the EMS system.
Maintain, update, and expand the EMT's knowledge and skills.
Which of the following would necessitate the administration of Naloxone?
Tachycardia
Hypertension
Slow Respirations
Extreme Agitation
Slow Respirations
Food, medications, and insects are common causes of which type of shock?
Anaphylactic
Your partner is performing one rescuer CPR on a middle aged woman in cardiac arrest. When you apply the AED pads, you note that she has a medication patch over the same area where the AED pads will be applied. What should you do about this?
The Term Pharmacology is most accurately defined as
Study of drugs that are illegally produced
study of drug excretion from the body
study of how medications effect the brain
study of drugs and their actions on the body.
Study of drugs and their actions on the body.
The EMT is legally obligated to protect a patient's privacy according to which federal act...
HIPPA
Side Effects
Untoward Effect
theraputic effect
unpredictable effect
Side Effect
Neurogenic shock occurs when...
The nervous system fails and causes widespread dilation.
Massive vasoconstriction occurs distal to a spinal cord injury
The Spinal Cord is severed and causes massive hemorrhaging.
There is too much blood to fill a small vascular container.
The nervous system fails and causes widespread dilation.
A 86 year old woman complains of chest heaviness, is nauseated, and sweating that all began 1 hour prior to dispatch. She is A&Ox4, Her blood pressure is 136/86, HR 110. She took two nitro tablets prior to your arrival, but still feels heaviness in her chest.
You Should...
Give high flow o2, Avoid giving her anymore nitro because it may drop her blood pressure, transport.
Assist her in taking one more of her prescribed nitro tablets, reassess her blood pressure, contact medical control for further instructions
Transport her at once and wait 20 minutes before you consider assisting her with a third dose of nitro.
Recall that geriatrics often have slower absorption and elimination times, which may necessitate modification of dosing of certain drugs.
Recall that geriatrics often have slower absorption and elimination times, which may necessitate modification of dosing of certain drugs.
Shock is also sometimes called
Hypoperfusion
A young male is unresponsive after overdosing on an opioid. He is not breathing and has a weak pulse, your first action should be to...
Ventilate the patient with a BVM.
Patient size
Generic Substitutions
The Desired Actions
The patient's age.
Generic Substitutions.
You suspect your patient is in shock based on the patient's skin being pale. This is likely due to
Increased Heart Rate
Peripheral Vasodilation
peripheral Vasoconstriction
Hypothermia
peripheral Vasoconstriction
You conscious patient has a mild partial airway obstruction. You should...
Place in the supine position
Perform Abdominal Thrusts
Administer back blows
Encourage the patient to cough.
Encourage the patient to cough.
Topographic term used to describe the location of body parts that are closer towards the midline of the body is
Medial
According to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model, an EMT should be able to
Insert a peripheral IV line and infuse fluids.
Interpret a basic ECG rhythm and treat accordingly
assist a patient with certain prescribed medications.
Administer Epinephrine via the subcutaneous route.
assist a patient with certain prescribed medications.
Which of the following statements regarding parental medications is correct?
Tylenol is considered a parental medication because it is taken orally
Compared to enteral medications, parental medications have fewer side effects
Parenteral medications are absorbed more quickly and enteral medications
Parenteral medications are absorbed by the body through the digestive system.
What are the 3 components of the perfusion triangle?
(Hint, it's not types of shock)
Heart, blood vessels, blood.
(Or Pump, Pipes, Fluid)
CPR is in progress on a pregnant woman. Shortly after manually displacing her uterus to the left, a ROSC occurs. What explains this?
Increased blood flow to her heart caused her ventricles to stop fibrillating, which restored pulses.
Pressure was relieved from her aorta and vena cava, which improved chest compression effectiveness.
Displacement of her uterus causes blood to flow backwards, which increased flow to her heart.
Displacement of her uterus allowed her lungs to expand fully, which restored her pulse.
Pressure was relieved from her aorta and vena cava, which improved chest compression effectiveness.
Dose
You're transporting a 33 year old male who was involved in a major MVC. You have addressed all immediate life and potentially life threatening conditions, and have stabilized his condition with the appropriate treatment. With and estimated 20 arrival to the hospital you should:
Take his vitals every 15 minutes
arrange for ALS intercept
reassess his condition every 5 minutes.
repeat your secondary assessment.
reassess his condition every 5 minutes.