68W Exam 2023 Questions and Answers

depth and quality - Answer- Checked when evaluating a patient's respirations apnea - Answer- Temporary absence of breathing 60 - 100 beats per minute - Answer- Normal pulse rate range for an adult patient 20 mm Hg beyond the point the last pulsation was heard - Answer- How much more you would inflate a blood pressure cuff if pulsation was heard after reaching 140 mm Hg 90- 140 mm Hg (systolic) and 60 - 90 mm Hg (diastolic) - Answer- normal blood pressure range for an adult male every 2 hours (sensing probes) and every 4 hours (adhesive sensors) - Answer- How often would you move sensing probes and adhesive sensors when continuously measuring a patients pulse oxygen saturation an oral thermometer, center of armpit, and left in place at least ten minutes - Answer- Auxiliary temperature requires what type of thermometer, where is it placed and how long is it left in place not more than 2 minutes - Answer- blood pressure cuff shouldn't be left inflated on a patient's arm for longer than this amount of time casualty with cardiorespiratory distress - Answer- May not be classified "Immediate" on the battlefield. This casualty may be classified "Expectant", contingent upon such things as the situation, number of casualties, and available support pulse rate, pulse rhythm (regular, or irregular), and pulse strength (strong, bounding, weak) - Answer- When measuring a patient's pulse, count the rate for one minute and evaluate three things (include how each may be evaluated) head-tilt/chin-lift and jaw thrust method - Answer- Methods used to open the airway abdominal thrust and chest thrust - Answer- Two thrusts used to clear an upper airway obstruction 2 inches and 30 compressions - Answer- When administering external chest compressions on a patient with no pulse. This is the proper depth and rate of compressions 12 to 20 rescue breaths per minute and 5 sec. but no longer then 10 sec. to check carotid pulse - Answer- The number of breaths per minute given when performing rescue breathing on an adult patient, and for how long and where you would check for a pulse after giving them direct pressure, hemostatic agents, and tourniquet - Answer- Three methods of controlling external bleeding What are the Automatic External Defibrillator and the sternum pad is placed on the right upper border of the sternum on the anterior chest wall - Answer- An unresponsive, apneic, and pulse less adult is a candidate for an AED. AED stands for this and location of the sternum pad care under fire phase of Tactical Combat Casualty Care - Answer- You are under hostile fire and are very limited as to the care you can provide placed in container with ice to keep it cool and transport the part with the casualty to the hospital for possible reimplantation or skin graft - Answer- Proper care of an amputated part includes wrapping the amputated part loosely in saline-moistened sterile gauze and seal it inside a plastic bag, and transported how. five to six seconds and one second - Answer- You must perform rescue breathing with a BVM. The bag should be squeezed every ___ to ___ seconds and deliver each breath over ___ seconds recheck and reposition the airway, watch for the rise and fall of the chest, and ventilate only enough to cause the chest to rise and do not push on the abdomen - Answer- You are performing CPR on a patient. You notice signs of gastric distention. You should do these things and avoid this Field Medical Card (FMC) and blocks 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, and 11 - Answer- DD Form 1380 is called this and these are the minimum required blocks that must be completed abnormal pulse - Answer- Arrhythmia all four sides - Answer- Tape this many sides of an occlusive dressing suction no longer than 15 seconds - Answer- You are suctioning an adult patient. Never suction longer than this front height of the collar should fit between the point of the chin and the chest at the suprasternal notch - Answer- Proper placement of a cervical collar Select the appropriate size of airway before inserting a nasopharyngeal airway - Answer- measure the airway from the patient's nostril to the earlobe and measure the airway from the patient's nostril to the angle of the jaw NPA - Answer- Another name for nasopharyngeal airway Another name for a J-tube and OPA - Answer- oropharyngeal airway Select appropriate size of OPA. - Answer- measure from the casualty's ear lobe to the corner of the mouth green, silver, or chrome - Answer- Colors of United States oxygen cylinders 6 to 8 inches below the drip chamber - Answer- Flow regulator placement on IV injection set 200 psi - Answer- The safe residual level of the oxygen at which the cylinder should be replaced 5 cc - Answer- Amount of sterile water used to flush the IV catheter after initiating a saline lock tension pneumothorax - Answer- Air enters the chest cavity (pleural space) through a hole in the lung, expanding the space with every breath the casualty takes. The air becomes trapped and cannot escape. Signs and symptoms can include chest pain and increased pressure in the chest causes lung(s) to collapse air embolism - Answer- Obstruction of a blood vessel by air carried via the bloodstream. It is caused by conditions such as air bubbles in the IV tubing, a solution container that has run dry, or disconnected IV tubing phlebitis - Answer- Inflammation of the wall of the vein. It is caused by injury to the vein during puncture or from irritation to the vein caused by long term therapy, incompatible additives, or use of a vein that is too small to handle the amount or type of solution tonic/clonic and postictal - Answer- Two phases of grand mal (generalized) seizure Status Epilepticus - Answer- Two or more seizures without an intervening period of consciousness or a seizure lasting more than 30 minutes AVPU - Answer- Alert, Verbal, Pain, and Unresponsive DCAP-BTLS - Answer- Deformities, Contusions, Abrasions, Punctures or Penetration, Burns, Tenderness, Lacerations, and Swelling paradoxical breathing and tracheal deviation - Answer- The motion of the injured segment of a flail chest, opposite to the normal motion of the chest wall. The shift of the trachea from the midline toward the unaffected side due to pressure buildup on the injured side Inspect for DCAP-BTLS Palpate spinal step-offs Inspect for jugular vein distention (JVD) Inspect to ensure tracheal is midline (without deviation) - Answer- During a Rapid Trauma Assessment these things should be inspected for when assessing the neck smoke inhalation - Answer- Dyspnea, coughing, breath that has a smoky smell, black residue in any sputum coughed up by the casualty, and nose-hairs singed from super-heated air 45 % body surface area (BSA) - Answer- Using the Rule of Nines, what is the percentage of BSA burned on a patient with burns to the anterior of chest, both arms, and head and neck splash with a nonpetroleum liquid (such as water, mud, or urine), submerge the entire area, and cover the affected area with a moistened cloth or mud - Answer- You have a casualty with white phosphorus (WP) burns. You want to deprive it from oxygen Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation - Answer- The acronym "RICE" is a method used for remembering how to treat Soldiers with extremity injuries hypoglycemia - Answer- Most common of all diabetic emergencies Onset, Provocation, Quality, Radiation, Severity, and Time - Answer- You are obtaining a SAMPLE history while performing a medical patient assessment. You will use the acronym OPQRST. It stands for this minimum of three minutes - Answer- Minimum time required to hold pressure when packing an inguinal wound with combat gauze raccoon eyes - Answer- Periorbital discoloration signs of increased intracranial pressure - Answer- Change in pupil size or symmetry, lateral loss of motor nerve function-one side of the body becomes paralyzed, change in the respiratory rate or pattern, and steady rise in the systolic blood pressure if the casualty hasn't lost significant amounts of blood apply gentle manual traction in line with the long axis of the limb (this maneuver may restore the pulse) and if no pulse after one attempt, splint the limb and evacuate immediately - Answer- Casualty with a suspected fracture to the leg and a pulse cannot be palpated prior to applying splint. What should be done triage area, emergency treatment area, clothing removal area, skin decontamination area, and overhead cover - Answer- Set up a decontamination area. List areas heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke (medical emergency) - Answer- Name the three types of heat injuries. Which is a medical emergency and has hot, dry skin Characteristic marking is brown, violin-shaped marking on the upper back - Answer- brown recluse spider Lyme Disease - Answer- Normally transmitted by the tiny deer tick but now thought to be transmitted by the larger dog tick, can cause long-term neurological and other complications if not identified and treated early tick fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme Disease, and other bacterial diseases - Answer- Tick bites are serious because ticks can carry these diseases frostbite - Answer- Caused by exposure of the skin to cold temperatures that are usually below 32°F depending on the wind chill factor, leng