Patient Assessment
CPR
Airway/Breathing
Terminology
Name the Supply
100

The very first thing an EMT should do when approaching a scene

What is BSI/scene size up?

100

CPR stands for?

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

100
Term to describe abnormally slow breathing
What is bradypnea?
100

Medical term for fainting

Syncope

100


Triage Tag

200

Acronym used to determine a patient's responsiveness.

What is AVPU?

200

This song is commonly used to teach rescuers the correct compression rate during CPR

Stayin Alive by the Bee Gees

200
The large, dome-shaped muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity; primary muscle for respiration
What is the diaphragm?
200

Medical term used to describe a heart rate that exceeds a normal resting rate.

Tachycardia

200


Sterile Water

300

After determining a patient's responsiveness, this is the first thing that you should check.

What is an airway?

300

The number of compressions and breaths given to an adult during one cycle of CPR

30 compressions and 2 breaths

300
Normal respiratory rate for Adults AND Children (BONUS: infants)
What is 12-20(A), 15-30(C), 25-50 (I) breaths/min?
300

A law that provides basic legal protection for those who assist a person who is injured or in danger.

Good Samaritan Law

300


Tourniquet

400
Something that should be checked before and after splinting and/or back boarding
What is CMS/PMS?
400
Technique used to open the airway in a patient with suspected spinal injuries.
What is a jaw thrust?
400
May be used when an oropharyngeal airway causes a gag reflex
What is a nasopharyngeal airway?
400

The stiffening of muscles following death.

Rigor Mortis

400


Ring Cutter

500
This is how often an unstable and stable patient should be reassessed (after completing your secondary assessment).
What is every 5 minutes (unstable) and every 15 minutes (stable)?
500
BVM ventilation rate for child rescue breathing
What is 1 breath every 3-5 seconds?
500
You and your partner Gene respond to a report of a car vs. pedestrian. An elderly man has been struck by a car and is now on the sidewalk lying supine. Gene takes C-spine and you begin an initial assessment noticing that the man's breathing is fast and very shallow. He does not respond to you and also has some liquid or vomit running from his mouth. A. Put a C-collar on him and assist ventilations with a BVM and high flow O2 B. Measure and insert an oropharyngeal airway C. Suction his mouth D. Do a head tilt chin lift to open his airway
What is C?
500

A seizure that lasts more than ten minutes, or 3 or more seizures in an hour

Status Epilepticus

500


Occlusive Dressing