NREMT AEMT PREP Correct Questions & Answers(RATED A)

M.O.I. - ANSWER Mechanism of Injury, vehicles, falls etc. what do you generally set oxygen to? - ANSWER 15L/M How to open airway for a trauma victim? - ANSWER chin lift/jaw thrust apneic - ANSWER not breathing N.O.I - ANSWER nature of illness AVPU - ANSWER Alert, verbal/vocal, pain, unconscious skin CTC - ANSWER color,temperature, condition (normal is warm,pink and dry) hypoperfusion - ANSWER Shock.... decreased delivery of oxygen and nutrients to cells) OPQRST - ANSWER for conditions occuring right now (medical) Onset, Provocation, quality,radiation, severity, time Onset - ANSWER What were you doing when this happened? did it happen suddenly or gradually? could ...... have caused this? Provocation - ANSWER What makes your pain feel better or worse? does it hurt when you do .........? quality - ANSWER How would you describe your pain? what does your pain feel like? radiation - ANSWER Where does it hurt the most? is it staying in one spot? where was it when the pain started severity - ANSWER on scale of 1 to 10 how bad is your pain? time - ANSWER how long has it been since the pain started? signs versus symptoms - ANSWER signs: something you see symptoms: something they tell you nitroglycerin - ANSWER vasodilation of coronary arteries What is first priority after personal safety? - ANSWER patient care brady (root) - ANSWER below normal, slow tachy (root) - ANSWER above normal, rapid tachypnea - ANSWER rapid breathing plegia - ANSWER paralysis of the limbs quadraplegia (four limbs) quad=4 bilateral - ANSWER both sides dorsal/ventral - ANSWER dorsal: back of body ventral: front of body palmar/plantar - ANSWER palmar: palm of the hand plantar: sole of the foot where to place stethescope for lung sounds? - ANSWER mid-clavicular lines fowler position - ANSWER sitting up integumentary system - ANSWER forms protective barrier and aids in temperature regulation (skin, hair, nails and sweat glands) zygomatic - ANSWER bones that form the structure of the cheeks proximate cause - ANSWER when what you did caused further harm. why would you use an emergency move? - ANSWER scene is unsafe, you must get to other patients, care of life threatening injuries requires repositioning when to use a urgent move? - ANSWER when patients condition is declining: backboarding, removing from a car etc. what side should you roll recovery position? - ANSWER left side malleolus - ANSWER ankle bone c1 and c2 - ANSWER atlas and axis How many total vertebrae? - ANSWER 33