Respiration
This is the normal respiration for an adult patient.
What is 12-20 per minute?
This pulse can be found proximal to the thumb on the palmer surface of the wrist.
What is the radial pulse?
A systolic blood pressure of less than this is considered low.
What is 90 mmHg?
This will cause an inaccurate reading when using a pulse oximeter?
What is shock and/or hypoperfusion?
This is the first step of taking a patient history.
What is gain control of the scene?
This is a high pitched noise that can be heard during respiration.
What is stridor?
A heart rate of greater than 100 beats per minute is called this.
What is tachycardia?
This can decrease because of blood or fluid loss, cardiac pump failure, or blood vessel dilation.
What is blood pressure?
The pulse oximeter cannot distinguish between this and oxygen.
What is carbon monoxide?
This is the reason that an EMS crew is called to the scene.
What is the chief complaint?
This occurs when a rapid respiratory rate is present with a deep, labored tidal volume.
What is Kussmaul respirations?
A heart rate lower than 60 beats per minute is called this.
What is bradycardia?
This is the amount of pressure on the artery when the left ventricle is at rest and not contracting.
What is diastolic blood pressure?
If there is a sudden increase in ETCO2 during a cardiac arrest, it normally means this.
This is a good way to get and document the most accurate information.
What is note taking?
This occurs when the respiratory rate and tidal volume gradually increase and gradually decrease followed by a period of apnea for up to 10 seconds.
What is Cheyne Stokes respirations?
This is another term for a strong pulse.
What is a bounding pulse?
This is the difference between the systolic blood pressure and the diastolic blood pressure.
What is pulse pressure?
This is the normal capnography reading.
What is 35-45?
This is a mnemonic for remembering questions to ask when assessing the patient's chief complaint.
What is OPQRST?
This triggers the sympathetic nervous system causing an increase in respiratory rate.
What is pain?
This is another term for a weak pulse.
What is thready?
This is the amount of pressure exerted on the walls of the arteries during contraction and ejection of blood from the left ventricle.
What is systolic blood pressure?
This measures the amount of carbon dioxide exhaled with each breath.
What is capnography?
This is an mnemonic used to remember the information that must be included in the patient history.
What is SAMPLE?