EMS 1055 STUDY GUIDE
expressed consent - Answers -the patient actually lets you know-verbally or
nonverbally- that she will accept treatment
implied consent - Answers -the patient does not specifically refuse emergency care.
unconscious patient
consent for minors - Answers -emergency treatment must wwait until a parent consents
to treatment. if permission cannot be obtained do not hesitate to act
mentally ill consent - Answers -if threat place under medical care
refusal of care/patient refusal - Answers -help patient understand consequences for
refusing care
can t assume a person is dead unless one of these conditions exist - Answers -decap,
rigor mortis, tissue decomposition, dependent lividity
vital signs - Answers -BP,HR,RR,pupils, skin
normal HR - Answers -60-90
tachycardia - Answers ->100
bradycardia - Answers -<60
respiratory rate normal - Answers -12-20
bradypnea - Answers -<10
,ipsilateral pupil dilation means? - Answers -herniation
tidal volume - Answers -Amount of air that moves in and out of the lungs during a
normal breath
dead space - Answers -amount of air that remains in the non gas exchange areas of
the lungs
peep - Answers -positive end expiratory pressure
head chin lift - Answers -do not use with c spine injury
object in patient's mouth - Answers -finger sweep or suction
suction - Answers -15 seconds at a time
opa - Answers -no gag reflex; point to top then rotaate 180 degrees
how to measure opa - Answers -edge of mouth to angle of the jaw
npa - Answers -gag reflex okay but no head injury
how to measure npa - Answers -tip of the eaarlobe to the right nare
what should etco2 be? - Answers -35-45
if the patient is breathing then they do or do not have a pulse - Answers -do
anterior - Answers -front
, posterior - Answers -behind
distal - Answers -distant
supine - Answers -up
prone - Answers -down
right lateral recumbent - Answers -on right side
left lateral recumbant - Answers -lying on the left side used for OB patients
fowlers - Answers -semi-sitting body position in which a person's head and shoulders
are elevated 45 to 60 degrees
trendelenberg - Answers -bed is flat but declined so that the head is lower than the feet
30 degrees fowlers for what type of patients - Answers -head bleeds or CVA; airway-
copd, chf, other respiratory emergencies
decorticate rigidity - Answers -arms adducted and flexed, wrists and fingers flexed; legs
extended, internally rotated, plantar-flexed
- high brain injury
decerebrate rigidity - Answers -arms stiffly extended, adducted, internally rotated; legs
stiffly extended, plantar-flexed
- low brain injury
ronchi - Answers -build up of mucus
wheezes - Answers -asthma, copd, anaphylaxis
expressed consent - Answers -the patient actually lets you know-verbally or
nonverbally- that she will accept treatment
implied consent - Answers -the patient does not specifically refuse emergency care.
unconscious patient
consent for minors - Answers -emergency treatment must wwait until a parent consents
to treatment. if permission cannot be obtained do not hesitate to act
mentally ill consent - Answers -if threat place under medical care
refusal of care/patient refusal - Answers -help patient understand consequences for
refusing care
can t assume a person is dead unless one of these conditions exist - Answers -decap,
rigor mortis, tissue decomposition, dependent lividity
vital signs - Answers -BP,HR,RR,pupils, skin
normal HR - Answers -60-90
tachycardia - Answers ->100
bradycardia - Answers -<60
respiratory rate normal - Answers -12-20
bradypnea - Answers -<10
,ipsilateral pupil dilation means? - Answers -herniation
tidal volume - Answers -Amount of air that moves in and out of the lungs during a
normal breath
dead space - Answers -amount of air that remains in the non gas exchange areas of
the lungs
peep - Answers -positive end expiratory pressure
head chin lift - Answers -do not use with c spine injury
object in patient's mouth - Answers -finger sweep or suction
suction - Answers -15 seconds at a time
opa - Answers -no gag reflex; point to top then rotaate 180 degrees
how to measure opa - Answers -edge of mouth to angle of the jaw
npa - Answers -gag reflex okay but no head injury
how to measure npa - Answers -tip of the eaarlobe to the right nare
what should etco2 be? - Answers -35-45
if the patient is breathing then they do or do not have a pulse - Answers -do
anterior - Answers -front
, posterior - Answers -behind
distal - Answers -distant
supine - Answers -up
prone - Answers -down
right lateral recumbent - Answers -on right side
left lateral recumbant - Answers -lying on the left side used for OB patients
fowlers - Answers -semi-sitting body position in which a person's head and shoulders
are elevated 45 to 60 degrees
trendelenberg - Answers -bed is flat but declined so that the head is lower than the feet
30 degrees fowlers for what type of patients - Answers -head bleeds or CVA; airway-
copd, chf, other respiratory emergencies
decorticate rigidity - Answers -arms adducted and flexed, wrists and fingers flexed; legs
extended, internally rotated, plantar-flexed
- high brain injury
decerebrate rigidity - Answers -arms stiffly extended, adducted, internally rotated; legs
stiffly extended, plantar-flexed
- low brain injury
ronchi - Answers -build up of mucus
wheezes - Answers -asthma, copd, anaphylaxis
