ALREADY GRADED A+
who may not understand the stress put on you as an emt? - answer friends and family
in many states a minor may be considered as an adult for the purpose of consenting or refusing if the
minor is - answer emancipated : lives by themselves and self- supported
when do we palate a patient's pelvis - answer MOI suggests it
what does the spinal cord pass through at the base of the cranium - answer forena magnum
what fills the entire posterior / anterior of the right upper quadrant - answer the liver
if you are doing a secondary assessment on a conscious patient with no traumatic abdominal pain and
stable vital signs. what do you focus on - answer chief complaint
who regulates the standards for pre hospital emergency care - answer the state office of ems
why do incidents of diabetes increase with age - answer decreased activity, weight gain, decreased
insulin
how would you say a person's body is laying if they're on their back/stomach - answer supine/prone
what happens in neurogenic shock - answer widespread vasodilation, body doesn't compensate
why can a child's airway be occluded if you over extend or overflow the head - answer the occipital is
proportionally larger than the trachea and flexible
,what does hemoglobin attach to - answer red blood cells which carry oxygen
how long do you hold the tip of an Epi auto injector in place - answer 10 sec
you have someone with lower back pain with tearing sensation. what are they experiencing - answer
aortic aneurysm
what are the two functions of the liver - answer secretion of bile and filters waste
What is the atlas? - answer 1st cervical vertebrae which articulates with the skull
what is distnia - answer difficulty breathing
head trauma, stroke, poisoning or brain tumor. which one of these would cause metabolic seizure -
answer poisoning
if you have a change in a patient condition, what do we reassess - answer ABC
if you have JVD, that suggests a blood problem returning to the heart, the patient is at what angle -
answer 35 degree angle
how do we suction with orpharanix of a patient - answer on the way out
at our level, why do we assume that a person is having an AMI when complaining of chest pain - answer
we can't diagnose them in the field
the team of health care professionals who are responsible for providing emergency care and
transportation for the suck and injured - answer the ems system
, the stomach, gallbladder, liver, or appendix. which one would most likely bleed profusely - answer the
liver
what is the back portion of the body considered - answer posterior
weight gain, lack of appetite, weight loss, polyuria, low blood glucose levels. which sign or symptom
would you most likely encounter in a patient with a new onset of type 1 diabetes - answer weight loss
and polyuria
what are the finger bones called - answer phalangies
chest pain patient with a history of hypertension. you give high flow O2 and he has a Nitro patch on the
right upper chest. His pressure is 78/50. what do you do - answer with a gloved hand, take the Nitro
patch off and wipe the chest off. raise the feet to treat the BP
where does the blood in the inferior vena cava come from to get back to the heart - answer legs,
kidneys, abdomen, but not the brain
33yr old unresponsive patient with rapid shallow respirations. how do we treat that - answer positive
pressure ventilations
if you have a patient that takes numerous meds, what is it best to do with those meds during transport -
answer take them with you
what is bradycardia and tachycardia - answer heart rate less than 60 and heart rate greater than 100
how do we administer oxygen to a hypoxic patient with chronic lung disease - answer start at a lower
flow and gradually build up until you see improvement
What's a sign and symptom of acute hyperventilation syndrome - answer tachitnia and extremities will
become numb and tingly