Medical UCLA EMT Exam Latest Update
Medical UCLA EMT Exam Latest Update
Risk factors for esophageal varices - ✔✔✔-- severe cirhosis/liver failure
- excessive alcohol use
- excessive vomiting
- portal hypertension
Esophageal varices - ✔✔✔-enlarged veins in the esophagus
Meningitis - ✔✔✔-inflammation of the meninges
- quick onset (12-24 hrs)
- s/s fever, headache, stiff neck, altered mental status
- Very contagious and very deadly once symptoms are present
PPE for a pt. with Meningitis - ✔✔✔-- Both you and your pt. should wear N-95 masks
Tuberculosis s/s - ✔✔✔-bloody sputum, night sweats, fevers, sudden weight loss
Only contagious form of TB - ✔✔✔-Respiratory
Measles s/s - ✔✔✔-Koplik spots: start on head and shower down body (also seen in
mouth)
MRSA - ✔✔✔-- bacteria that causes infections
- resistant to many antibiotics
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, Medical UCLA EMT Exam Latest Update
- can be transferred in hospitals between patients
Ebola - ✔✔✔-- viral hemorrhagic fever
- pt. loses a lot of fluids
- fatality can be as high as 70% without prompt treatment
Important travel medicine questions - ✔✔✔-- Is anyone else in your party sick?
- Where did you drink water from?
- What types of food did you eat?
- Did you receive any vaccinations before the trip?
Fistula - ✔✔✔-medical device that connects vein and artery system (used a lot for
dialysis)
Port - ✔✔✔-medical device under the skin for easy access with a needle
Shunt - ✔✔✔-Medical device that relieves pressure caused by excess fluid in body by
redirecting it (commonly moves CFS in brain)
left ventricular assist device - ✔✔✔-Maintains cardiac function without the heart
- pt. with this will not have a pulse
Sickle cell disease - ✔✔✔-- 10-20% of RBCs are sickle shaped
- pt. will present with abdominal pain (secondary to spleen working very hard to filter
out deformed RBCs)
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Medical UCLA EMT Exam Latest Update
Risk factors for esophageal varices - ✔✔✔-- severe cirhosis/liver failure
- excessive alcohol use
- excessive vomiting
- portal hypertension
Esophageal varices - ✔✔✔-enlarged veins in the esophagus
Meningitis - ✔✔✔-inflammation of the meninges
- quick onset (12-24 hrs)
- s/s fever, headache, stiff neck, altered mental status
- Very contagious and very deadly once symptoms are present
PPE for a pt. with Meningitis - ✔✔✔-- Both you and your pt. should wear N-95 masks
Tuberculosis s/s - ✔✔✔-bloody sputum, night sweats, fevers, sudden weight loss
Only contagious form of TB - ✔✔✔-Respiratory
Measles s/s - ✔✔✔-Koplik spots: start on head and shower down body (also seen in
mouth)
MRSA - ✔✔✔-- bacteria that causes infections
- resistant to many antibiotics
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, Medical UCLA EMT Exam Latest Update
- can be transferred in hospitals between patients
Ebola - ✔✔✔-- viral hemorrhagic fever
- pt. loses a lot of fluids
- fatality can be as high as 70% without prompt treatment
Important travel medicine questions - ✔✔✔-- Is anyone else in your party sick?
- Where did you drink water from?
- What types of food did you eat?
- Did you receive any vaccinations before the trip?
Fistula - ✔✔✔-medical device that connects vein and artery system (used a lot for
dialysis)
Port - ✔✔✔-medical device under the skin for easy access with a needle
Shunt - ✔✔✔-Medical device that relieves pressure caused by excess fluid in body by
redirecting it (commonly moves CFS in brain)
left ventricular assist device - ✔✔✔-Maintains cardiac function without the heart
- pt. with this will not have a pulse
Sickle cell disease - ✔✔✔-- 10-20% of RBCs are sickle shaped
- pt. will present with abdominal pain (secondary to spleen working very hard to filter
out deformed RBCs)
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