NREMT-B DISEASES
1.meningitis: high fever, stiff neck, lethargy, irritability, headache,
sensitivity to light
2.croup: mild fever, hoarseness, "seal bark", difficulty breathing
3.insect bites: numbness, puncture marks, altered mental status,
redness, swelling, weakness, difficulty breathing, headache, chills,
fever
4.aneurysm: headache, blurred vision, pass out, coma and death may
occur tear- ing pain in back or shoulder
5.peritonitis: abdominal pain and rigidity
6.renal colic: sever cramping, pain in neck, nausea, and vomiting very
important to transport immediately
7.anxiety attack: you should suspect if patient hyperventilates by
breathing faster and deeper
8.congestive heart failure: tachycardia, dyspnea, high blood pressure,
cyanosis, sweaty, pulmonary edema, anxiety and confusion, pedal
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, edema, mvd, enlarged liver and spleen with distention
9.acute coronary syndrome: crushing dull heavy chest pain because
heart is not getting enough oxygen
10.hypoglycemia: AMS, drunken stupor, pale sweaty, tachycardia, seizure
11.pulmonary edema: dyspnea, anxiety, sweaty, hypertension,
tachycardia, low oxygen saturation, JVD, CRACKLES AND WHEEZING IN
LUNG SOUNDS
12.pulmonary embolism: chest pain, shortness of breath, low oxygen
saturation, tachycardia, wheezing, swelling in one or both legs, COUGH,
anxiety
13.pnemonia: shortness of breath, green mucous, fever/chills,
chest pain, headache, pale, sweaty, fatigue, confusion, crackling
14.inhaled poisons: dizziness, dyspnea, headache, nausea, cyanosis, AMS
15.tuberculosis: cough with mucous, cough up blood excessive
sweating, fatigue, fever, weight loss, chest pain, dyspnea, and wheezing
16.diabetes: AMS, signs of shock, dehydration, fruity acetone odor on
breath
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1.meningitis: high fever, stiff neck, lethargy, irritability, headache,
sensitivity to light
2.croup: mild fever, hoarseness, "seal bark", difficulty breathing
3.insect bites: numbness, puncture marks, altered mental status,
redness, swelling, weakness, difficulty breathing, headache, chills,
fever
4.aneurysm: headache, blurred vision, pass out, coma and death may
occur tear- ing pain in back or shoulder
5.peritonitis: abdominal pain and rigidity
6.renal colic: sever cramping, pain in neck, nausea, and vomiting very
important to transport immediately
7.anxiety attack: you should suspect if patient hyperventilates by
breathing faster and deeper
8.congestive heart failure: tachycardia, dyspnea, high blood pressure,
cyanosis, sweaty, pulmonary edema, anxiety and confusion, pedal
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, edema, mvd, enlarged liver and spleen with distention
9.acute coronary syndrome: crushing dull heavy chest pain because
heart is not getting enough oxygen
10.hypoglycemia: AMS, drunken stupor, pale sweaty, tachycardia, seizure
11.pulmonary edema: dyspnea, anxiety, sweaty, hypertension,
tachycardia, low oxygen saturation, JVD, CRACKLES AND WHEEZING IN
LUNG SOUNDS
12.pulmonary embolism: chest pain, shortness of breath, low oxygen
saturation, tachycardia, wheezing, swelling in one or both legs, COUGH,
anxiety
13.pnemonia: shortness of breath, green mucous, fever/chills,
chest pain, headache, pale, sweaty, fatigue, confusion, crackling
14.inhaled poisons: dizziness, dyspnea, headache, nausea, cyanosis, AMS
15.tuberculosis: cough with mucous, cough up blood excessive
sweating, fatigue, fever, weight loss, chest pain, dyspnea, and wheezing
16.diabetes: AMS, signs of shock, dehydration, fruity acetone odor on
breath
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