Always approach from _______ and ______ - Answers Uphill and upwind
Never reach more than _________ inches - Answers 10-15
Criteria for negligence - Answers 1) Duty to act
2) Breach of duty
3) Injury Occurred
4) Proximate Cause
When can you pronounce someone dead - Answers 1) Decapetation
2) Decomposition
3) Rigor Mortis
4) Dependent Lividity
The three layers of skin - Answers 1) Epidermis
2) Dermis
3) subcutaneous
What are the solid organs - Answers Liver, Kidneys, Pancreas, Ovaries, Spleen
What are the hollow organs - Answers Stomach, Intestines, Bladder, Gallbladder, Appendix
What are the signs of hyperglycemia - Answers - Dry warm skin
- Dehydration
- Acetone breath
- Slow onset
- BGL > 180
What are the signs of hypoglycemia - Answers - Cool, clammy skin
- Fast onset
- AMS
- BGL < 60
, Angioedema - Answers Swelling of the blood vessels
Utricaria - Answers hives
What are the different stages of hypothermia? - Answers Frost Nip
Frost Bite
Deep Frost bite
Necrosis
The three stages of hyperthermia - Answers Heat Cramps
Heat Exhaustion
Heat Stroke
Heat Cramps - Answers Headache, muscle cramps, sweating
Heat Exhaustion - Answers Clammy skin, nausea, headache
Heat Stroke - Answers Unconscious, unable to sweat, dry flushed skin
1st degree burn - Answers Only the surface level is burned, like a sun burn
2nd degree burn - Answers Blisters, the dermis is burned
3rd degree burn - Answers White and chalky skin, the burn is deepest
What position should pregnant women be put at and why? - Answers Left Recumbant Position to avoid
the baby putting pressure on the inferior vena cava
What does APGAR stand for? - Answers Appearance
Pulse
Grimace
Activity
Respiratory Effort
What are the contraindications of an NPA? - Answers Serious Head or neck trauma or an infant
Yankauer tip - Answers The tip is rigid, for suctioning
French tip - Answers The tip is soft for suctioning
What is carina - Answers The point at which the trachea seperates into right and left