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| the process of moving air in & out of the chest. |
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| gas exchange between blood & alveoli |
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| gas exchange between blood & cells |
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TWO TYPES OF O2 CYL. ARE D & E.
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D: HOLDS 350 LITERS
E: CYL. ARE LONGER |
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| TYPE M O2 CYL. ARE ON BOARD CYLENDERS. HOW MANY LITERS OF O2 DOES A TYPE M HOLD? |
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| WHAT GAS IS THE SAFETY PIN INDICATING SYSTEM USED FOR |
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| WHAT PERCENTAGE OF O2 CAN BE DELIVERED VIA NRB MASK? |
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| it is the pressure wave that causes a cavity greater than the size of the bullet. |
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| history of present illness |
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| MOST COMMON ENDOCRINE DISORDER |
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15min. for stable
5min for unstable |
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| WHAT IS THE APROVED ABRIVIATION FOR ASPIRIN AND WHAT DOSAGE CAN YOU ADMINISTER? |
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| ASA = 81MG x 4 FOR A TOTAL OF 324mg |
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| when it is appropriate to give a medication |
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| when it is NOT ok to administer meds. |
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| any action of the medication other than the desired action |
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| an effect of a medication in ADDITION to its desired effect that may be potentially harmful to the PT. |
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| WAYS MEDICATIONS MAY BE ADMINISTERED |
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| oral, sublingual, intramuscular, IV, IO, inhalation, intra nasal, subcutaneous, endotrachial |
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right PT
right time
right medication
right dose
right route |
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| DOSE & COLOR OF EACH EPI-PEN |
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ADULT = 0.3MG YELLOW
PEDIATRIC = 0.15MG GREEN |
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| CONTRAINDICATION OF NITRO |
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| erectile dysfunction meds in past 48-72 hours |
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| a clot of blood & plaque that blocks inner wall of artery or vein |
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| starts of left side and eventually leads to right side failure |
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VFIB (ventricular fibrilation)
VTACH (ventricular tachycardia) |
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| 3 ITEMS NEEDED FOR PROPER BRAIN FUNCTION |
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| MOST COMMON CAUSE OF ALTERED MENTAL STATUS |
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| basic source of energy for the cell |
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| also called juvenile, early onset, insulin dependant. pancreas does NOT produce insulin |
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| adult onset, can be cured with proper diet & excerize. the body fails to use insulin properly |
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| rapid onset, mimic intoxication, tachycardia, seizures, pale, cool, diaphoretic |
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| develops slowly, increased thirst, increased urination, nausea, dehydration & DKA |
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| rigid for up to 30 seconds. |
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| jerking violently for 1-2 minutes |
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| commonly reffered to as grand mal siezure |
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| two or more siezures in a row w/out regaining consiousness *or* 1 siezure lasting longer than 10 minutes |
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| anything that can harm the body |
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| a poisonous substance secreted by bacteria, plants or animals |
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| ingested, inhaled, absorbtion, injected |
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| membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers the organs in it |
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| spleen, pancreas, liver, kidneys |
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| stomach, gall bladder, lg. intestine, colon, bladder, duodenum |
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space between paritoneum and the back
organs include: kidneys, pancreas, aorta, bladder. |
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| poorly located dull pain that arises from abdominal organs or viscera |
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| sharp pain feels like body is being torn apart |
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| a localized intense pain from the perietal paritoneum, the lining of the abdomin |
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| pain that is felt in a location other than where the pain originates |
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| lack of normal amount of red blood cells |
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abnormal structure of red blood cell
most common in African, Indian, and Middle Eastern decent. |
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| most common form of dialysis, done in a clinical setting to remove toxins and excess fluid |
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| not as common as hemodialysis, done at home through an opening in the peritoneum |
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| CAUSES OF ESRD (END STAGE RENAL DISEASE) |
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| untreated diabetes and hypertension |
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| DOT charged with developing EMS standards |
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| NREMT FOUNDED IN WHAT YEAR |
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| NHTSA SETS WHAT STANDARDS |
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1. human resouces
2. transportation
3. facilities
4. communications |
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| what interventions your medical director allows you to do |
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| the level of care provided by someone else trained to your level |
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| how hard the heart squeezes |
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| two or more broken ribs in two or more places |
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when the flail chest segment moves in the opposite direction from the remiander of the chest cavity
(i.e. inhale = flail moves in, exhale = flail moves out) |
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| open chest wound that allows air to be sucked into the chest cavity, ultimately causing a collapsed lung |
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| difficulty breathing, pain at injury site, signs of shock and hypoxia |
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| air entering the chest cavity, potentially causing lung collapse |
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| air that enters the chest cavity is prevented from escaping |
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| uneven chest wall movement, deminished breath sounds, distended neck veins, trachieal deviation to unaffected side, coughing up frothy red blood |
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| S/S of TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX |
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| JVD (unless blood volume is low), signs of shock will be present, trachial deviation to opposite side (late sign and may be difficult to detect) |
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| chest cavity fills with blood |
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| chest cavity fills with blood & air |
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| pt usually presents with signs of shock. |
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| collapse of lung, loss of blood leading to shock |
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| sudden compression of the chest resulting in, the sternum and ribs exert severe pressure on the heart, lungs forcing blood out of the right atrium into the jugular veins in the neck. |
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| S/S of TRAUMATIC ASPHYXIA |
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| neck and face will be darker color than the rest of the body (red, purple, or blue), bulging eyes, distended neck veins, and broken blood vessles in the face |
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| carry nutrients, protection, and regulate body temp. |
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| protect, temp regulation, excretion, shock absorption, water balance |
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| surface of PT's hand equals 1% of body surface area |
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| more than one break in a single bone |
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| stretching and tearing of ligaments |
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| overstretching or overexertion of a muscle |
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| blood vessles and nerves are constricted within a space as from swelling or from a tight dressing or cast |
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| Pain, Pallor, Paresthesia, Pulses, Paralysis, and Pressure |
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| PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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| nerves that enter & exit the spinal cord between the vertebre |
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| when the brain bounces back and forth |
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| bodys reaction to intracranial pressure. signs include high BP and low pulse rate |
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| pattern of irregular breathing caused by brain injury |
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| area of the skin that innervated by a single spinal nerve |
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| more than one serious injury that effects more than one body system |
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| nerve that controls breathing |
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| flexing the arms and wrists and extending the legs and feet after a head trauma, may occur spontainiously or after painful stimuli, hands & wrists form an c..indicates the brain is herniating (becoming compressed and pushed downward) |
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| extending arms with shoulders rotated inward with wrists flexed and legs extended, may be assumed spontainiously or after painful stimuli, hands and wrists form an e...also caused by brain herniating. |
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| the process of rewarming using external heat sources |
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| process of rewarming using a blanket to cover PT. |
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| blood, gases or other fluids in the paracardium causing the heart to beat too hard or not hard enough |
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| a near fatal blunt trauma to the chest from a punch, baseball, or other object that strikes the chest at exactly the moment the heart does not beat...usually resolved with one AED shock |
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fight or flight
resistance
exhaustion |
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| only part of the jaw that moves |
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| NAME THE ORGAN THAT DEVIDES THE THORACIC CAVITY FROM THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY |
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| GLAND THAT PRODUCES OIL THAT COLLECTS ON THE SURFACE OF THE SKIN |
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| chemical sensors in the brain and blood vessles that identify changing levels of O2 & CO2 |
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| PLASMA CONTAINS LARGE PROTEINS THAT TEND TO ATTRACT WATER AWAY FROM THE CELL AND INTO THE BLOODSTREAM...WHAT IS THIS FORCE CALLED? |
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| sensors that identify internal vessel pressure and make size adjustments as needed |
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| pressure w/in a blood vessel that tends to push water out of the vessel when the heart beats |
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| SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE |
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| the pressure inside the vessels that the heart has to pump against is called..... |
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| adenosine triphospate. it is the fuel for the cell to function |
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| LOWER AIRWAY BEGINS BELOW THE LARYNX AND IS COMPRISED OF WHAT? |
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| TRACHIA, BRONCHIAL PASSAGES, ALVIOLI |
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| PARTS OF THE UPPER AIRWAY INCLUDE |
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nose
nasopharynx
mouth
oropharynx
larynx |
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| how much air the alveoli actually recieves |
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| MOVEMENT OF GASSES FROM AN AREA OF HIGH CONCENTRATION TO LOW CONCENTRATION |
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| where O2 & CO2 is exchanged |
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| plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets |
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| most common lower airway disorder |
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| carry deoxiginated blood, have "backflow valves" |
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| carry oxygenated blood through the body...only exception is the pulmanary artery which carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs for gas exchange |
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| Microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses that cause disease. |
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| The amount of blood in the left ventricle at the end of diastole is influenced largely by |
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| The force of contraction that the left ventricle has to generate to overcome the resistance in the aorta to eject the blood. |
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| A bluish color of the skin and mucous membranes that indicates poor oxygenation of tissue is called |
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| condition in which the placenta develops directly above the cervix |
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| condition in which the placenta abnormally attaches itself to the uterin wall |
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| condition in which the placenta separates from the wall of the uterus |
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| A CONDITION THAT INTERFERES SIGNIFICANTLY WITH A PERSONS ABILITY TO ENGAGE IN DAILY ACTIVITIES IS CALLED... |
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| process for evaluating and improving the effectivness of the EMS system |
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| TYPES OF BLOOD VESSELS THAT ALLOW THE EXCHANGE OF SUBSTANCES DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE CELLS AND THE BODY |
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| HEART RATE FOR SCHOOL AGE CHILD |
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| TRANSITION PERIOD BETWEEN CHILDHOOD AND ADULTHOOD |
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| air that occupies the space between the mouth and alveoli, but doesnt actually reach the area of gas exchange |
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| ventilation/perfusion match. This implies that the alveoli are supplied with enough air and that the air in the aveoli is matched with sufficient blood in the pulmonary capillaries to permit optimum exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. |
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| THE SENCE THAT NEEDS WILL BE MET |
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| building on to what one already knows |
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| AN INFANTS REACTION TO HIS/HER ENVIRONMENT |
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| This type of seizure activity is absent of large muscle contractions. The patient often just stares off in space. |
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| Most patients with an allergy must be exposed to the allergen at some point. What is the process called? |
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| Which of the following routes of entry is the most common cause of anaphylactic reaction? |
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| The normal heart rate for a newborn (0-3 months) is: |
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| What is the tidal volume in an average adult? |
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| . The narrowest part of the adult upper airway is at the level of the: |
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