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EMS Differential Diagnosis
EMT Practice
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12/09/2013

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Term
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
Definition
CHEST PAIN, DYSPNEA, TACHYCARDIA, JVD, RALES, ARRHYTHMIAS
Term
OBSTRUCTIVE SHOCK
Definition
BECK'S TRIAD (JVD, MUFFLED HEART SOUNDS, NARROWING PULSE PRESSURE), OR DYSPNEA, ANXIETY, TACHYCARDIA, TACHYPNEA, DECREASED TIDAL VOLUME, FALLING BP, DIFFICULTY IN VENTILATING
Term
DISTRIBUTIVE SHOCK
Definition
SEPTIC SHOCK, NEUROGENIC SHOCK, ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK, AND PSYCHOGENIC SHOCK
Term
NEUROGENIC SHOCK
Definition
BRADYCARDIA OR NORMAL HR, LOW BP, ABSENCE OF SWEATING, NORMAL WARM SKIN, MECHANISM FOR SPINAL INJURY
Term
HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK
Definition
RAPID AND WEAK PULSE, THIRST, DECREASING LOC, COOL AND CLAMMY SKIN, LOW BP
Term
COMPENSATED SHOCK
Definition
ANXIETY, TACHYPNEA, WEAK RADIAL PULSE, COOL AND CLAMMY SKIN, WEAKNESS, DYSPNEA, THIRST
Term
DECOMPENSATED SHOCK
Definition
AMS, TACHYPNEA, TACHYCARDIA, HYPOTENSION (<90 SYSTOLIC), NARROWING PULSE PRESSURE, DULL AND DILATED PUPILS, DIAPHORESIS, CYANOSIS, ORTHOSTATIC VITALS
Term
HEPATITIS
Definition
LOSS OF APPETITE, NAUSEA/VOMITING, FEVER, JAUNDICE, FATIGUE, MUSCLE AND JOINT PAIN
Term
ASTHMA
Definition
WHEEZING, BRONCHOSPASM
Term

BRONCHITIS

(COPD)

Definition
CHRONIC COUGH, WHEEZING, CYANOSIS, PRODUCTIVE COUGH, PULMONARY EDEMA, TACHYPNEA
Term
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Definition
DEPENDENT EDEMA OR PULMONARY EDEMA, RALES, ORTHOPNEA, JVD, PRODUCTIVE COUGH, CHRONIC DYSPNEA, A-FIB
Term
CROUP
Definition
FEVER, BARKING COUGH, STRIDOR
Term

EMPHYSEMA

(COPD)

Definition
BARREL CHEST, PURSED LIP BREATHING, DYSPNEA ON EXERTION
Term
PNEUMONIA
Definition
DYSPNEA, FEVER, CHILLS, COUGH, DARK SPUTUM, "HEAVY CHEST", RALES, RHONCHI
Term
PNEUMOTHORAX
Definition
SUDDEN CHEST PAIN WITH DYSPNEA, DECREASED LUNG SOUNDS ON AFFECTED SIDE
Term
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
Definition
SUDDEN ONSET OF DYSPNEA, SHARP PIN-POINT PAIN (OFTEN ON DEEP INSPIRATION), HEMOPTYSIS, CYANOSIS, TACHYPNEA, HX OF SURGERY OR CHILDBIRTH
Term

PERTUSSIS 

(WHOOPING COUGH)

Definition
PROLONGED COUGHING SPELLS, FEVER, WHOOPING SOUND SUBSEQUENT TO COUGH
Term
PLEURAL EFFUSION
Definition
GRADUAL OR SUDDEN ONSET OF DYSPNEA, DECREASED BREATH SOUNDS OVER THE EFFECTED AREA
Term

HYPERVENTILATION

(PANIC ATTACK)

Definition
DEEP AND RAPID RESPIRATIONS, ANXIETY, DIZZINESS, NUMBNESS, TINGLING IN HANDS AND FEET
Term
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Definition
CHRONIC PRODUCTIVE COUGH WITH THICK DISCOLORED MUCUS, TACHYPNEA, DYSPNEA, BARREL CHEST, CLUBBED FINGERS, CYANOSIS, PEDIATRIC
Term
EPLIGLOTTITIS
Definition
SUDDEN ONSET OF SORE THROAT, HIGH FEVER, DROOLING, DYSPNEA, STRIDOR
Term
ANGINA PECTORIS
Definition
SHORT EPISODE OF CRUSHING CHEST PAIN, PAIN THAT RADIATES TO THE JAW OR ARM, DYSPNEA, DIAPHORESIS, ANXIETY, ABNORMAL OR IRREGULAR HEART RATE, PAIN RELIEVED BY REST
Term
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Definition
SUDDEN ONSET OF WEAKNESS, ANXIETY, NAUSEA, DIAPHORESIS, HEAVY PRESSING CHEST PAIN, PAIN THAT RADIATES TO JAW OR ARM, DYSPNEA, PAIN UNRELIEVED BY REST OR MEDICATION
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