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When should police be notified?
Risk of violence, criminal activity, or safety concerns.
What is a withhold resuscitation order? and how do you get one?
Have to call BHP
what are the three stages of shock?
compensation (adaptive responses to stressors), decompensation (inability to maintain homeostasis), or failure (critical system dysfunction).
Atorvastatin (Lipitor)
lower cholesterol levels
O2 curve - when are they acid or alkaline?
Right is acid, left is alkaline.
When can we bypass hospitals?
field trauma triage guidelines, STEMI bypass, and stroke bypass protocols
What health care professional can sign for a DNR?
MD
RN
RPN
The difference between a RTS and a focused exam?
Rapid trauma survey: Quick assessment for life threatening injuries in unstable patients.
Focused exam: Detailed assessment of specific injuries in stable patients.
Escitalopram (Lexapro)
Antidepressants
What does shark fins mean on ETCO2?
Bronchoconstriction/ spasm
What safety system do we have on the oxygen tanks?
Pin Index Safety System
How to approach an ornge helicopter?
ONLY APPROACH the helicopter with an Ornge escort.
S&S of fluid imbalances
decreased turgor (tenting) and edema (swelling)
Esomeprazole (Nexium)
Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) (GERD)
What is PEEP?
positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)positive pressure that will remain in the airways at the end of the respiratory cycle (end of exhalation) that is greater than the atmospheric pressure in mechanically ventilated patients
What do avoid having on your hands when working with an oxygen tank?
Avoiding oil or grease contamination
Landing zone size for ornge?
150 feet by 150 feet
or
45M x 45M
Obvious dead signs?
Decapitation
Transection
Visible Decomp
Putrefaction
Grossly charred body
Open head or torsos wound with gross outpouring of cranial or visceral contents
Rigor mortis
Lividity
Hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide)
Diuretics
What condition would cause the red blood cell to not transfer O2 into the cell?
cyanide
Contraindications for SGA?
Airway obstructed by a foreign object
Known esophageal disease
Trauma to the oropharynx
caustic ingestion
What are the 7 bullets under DNR that we are not allowed to preform on a patient with a DNR?
1 - Chest compressions
2 - Defibrillation
3 - Artificial Ventilation
4 - Insert OPA/NPA/ SGA
5 - ETT
6 - Pacing
7 - Advanced resuscitation drugs
Suctions guidelines for ETT/ Trach?
And ages
less than 1 = 60-100
1-12 = 100-120
greater than 12= 100-150
Tenecteplase
fibrinolytic drug, also known as a thrombolytic drug
Boyle's Law
the product of the pressure and volume of an ideal gas is a constant at constant temperature.