EMS 131|118 Exam 2 Review Questions Which Have Been Correctly Answered

When you give patients nitroglycerin, they sometimes develop a headache. This would be called an: - ️️Side effect What medication is given when a patient suffers from a medical or traumatic condition called hypoxia? - ️️Oxygen Why would an EMT give aspirin to a patient? - ️️Aspirin reduces the blood's ability to clot and works to prevent further clot formation in patients suffering chest pain. Nitroglycerin is indicated for which of the following chief complaints? - ️️chest pain What is the reason for giving an epinephrine auto-injector in a life-threatening allergic reaction? - ️️It will help constrict the patient's blood vessels and relax the airway passages. Which of the following is a desired action of epinephrine delivered by auto-injector? - ️️constriction of blood vessels What is the first medication that should be administered to a patient experiencing chest pain with difficulty breathing? - ️️Oxygen You are on the scene of a 68-year-old patient with a history of COPD who is breathing 44 times per minute and has a diminished level of consciousness. His wife states he has an Albuterol inhaler and nitroglycerin tablets for angina. What is the most important drug you can administer to the patient? - ️️Oxygen by bag-valve mask How does nitroglycerin decrease the level of chest pain that a patient experiences? - ️️It dilates the blood vessels, allowing more blood to enter the heart muscle.