MDC 4

You witness a patient with stiffening and/or rigidity of muscles, especially arms and legs, with immediate loss of consciousness. What type of seizure? correct answer: Tonic You witness a patient with rhythmic jerking/relaxing of all extremities. What type of seizure? correct answer: Clonic You witness a patient with a sudden loss of muscle tone lasting a few seconds, the patient dropped to the floor. What type of seizure? correct answer: Atonic A patient is in recovery afte...

Which Migraine medications cannot be used in a patient with cardiac diseases and why? correct answer: Triptans and Ergotamine preparations- they will cause additional vasoconstriction of the head blood vessels What does abortive therapy do for migraines? correct answer: alleviate pain after the headache starts What does preventative therapy do for migraines? correct answer: prevent a headache is it occurs more than twice a week or is severe. A patient is taking beta blocker and calci...

What does triaging do? correct answer: *acts as gatekeeper* helps prioritize patient care based on illness and severity level According to triage, what patients would be seen firtst correct answer: highest acuity patients will receive quickest intervention (Most ill/severe will get seen first) What is a good model for triaging patients? correct answer: ABCs Is hospital triaging the same as mass casualty triaging? correct answer: NO Which triage situation uses tags? correct an...

Hypothermia interventions correct answer: prevent heat loss warm up no booze blankets supine space out meds withhold IV meds until core temp 86 or higher monitor for vfib rewarm trunk Parkinson's 4 cardinal symptoms correct answer: tremor muscle rigidity bradykinesia or askinesia (slow or no movement) postural instability mask like face shuffling gate, drooling Huntington's vs. Parkinson's correct answer: often mistaken for each other, HD has choreiform or jerky moveme...

A nurse must perform a primary survey on a patient while at the scene of a house fire. What elements does this include? correct answer: Airway, breathing, circulation, disability, exposure (ABCDE) What is the first action done to a patient during the primary survey? correct answer: Ensure patient has a patent airway EMS is trying to assess a patient in a car accident. The patient has an unknown SCI. What type of maneuver can be used to open the patients airway without causing additional ...

What is the most common type of dementia? correct answer: Alzheimer's disease Is Alzheimer's reversible? correct answer: No What is the etiology of Alzheimer's? correct answer: Unknown Alzheimer's is the result of? correct answer: changes in personality, memory, and/or judgement What are risk factors for Alzheimer's? correct answer: * 65+ years * female * head injury * APOE gene what is the patho of Alzheimer's correct answer: plaques, tangles, degeneration of neuro...

Hypothermia interventions correct answer: prevent heat loss warm up no booze blankets supine space out meds withhold IV meds until core temp 86 or higher monitor for vfib rewarm trunk Parkinson's 4 cardinal symptoms correct answer: tremor muscle rigidity bradykinesia or askinesia (slow or no movement) postural instability mask like face shuffling gate, drooling Huntington's vs. Parkinson's correct answer: often mistaken for each other, HD has choreiform or jerky moveme...

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