AMLS Final questions and answers well illustrated.

AMLS Final questions and answers well illustrated. What do you do for pin point pupils and low respirations? - correct answers.Manage airway first, then give Narcan. If a patient who has pin point pupils and low respirations is vomiting, what do you do first? - correct answers.Suction their airway COPD and Pulmonary Emphysema patients usually have a history of what? - correct answers.AFib What does AFib cause? - correct answers.Blood clots, which cause an increase risk for pulmonary embolisms What is the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone system? - correct answers.Body's response to low BP. Renin, which is released primarily by the kidneys, stimulates the formation of angiotensin in blood and tissues, which in turn stimulates the release of aldosterone from the adrenal cortex. This causes the body to retain water and increase BP. What are the signs and symptoms of a pulmonary embolism? - correct answers.Sudden onset, SOB, chest pain, increased HR & RR, cool pale clammy skin, pink tinged sputum What are the risk factors for a pulmonary embolism? - correct answers.Bed ridden pt., trauma or surgical pt., prolonged sitting, recent c-section or traumatic delivery, 40 y/o taking oral contraceptives, smokers What causes respiratory alkalosis? - correct answers.Increased O2 Decreased CO2 What causes respiratory acidosis? - correct answers.Decreased O2 Increased CO2 What causes metabolic acidosis? - correct answers.Kidneys aren't removing enough acid from the body, so there is a build up. RR increases to blow off excess. What are signs and symptoms of pericarditis? - correct pain, fever, and ST elevation in ALL leads In pericarditis, what leads have ST elevation? - correct answers.All of them What is the physiological event that comes from anaphylaxis? - correct answers.Vasodilation, swelling, itching How does ARDS effect the alveoli and capillaries? - correct answers.Fluids build up in the alveoli, causing less oxygen exchange at the capillaries What patients do CPAP work best on? - correct answers.COPD and pneumonia Pt. must be AO, maintain own airway, breathing on their own What are other names for normal saline? - correct answers.Isotonic crystalloid solution What drug do you give to an organophosphate poisoning? - correct answers.Atropine What do you give a patient who is actively seizing? - correct answers.Versed or Valium What is another name for Versed? - correct answers.Midazolam If a patient with low blood sugar is actively seizing, which do you fix first? - correct seizing, then treat the cause If a patient is postictal, do you treat their seizures or what caused the seizure? - correct what caused the seizure, so it doesn't happen again What are signs and symptoms of organophosphate poisoning? - correct answers.SLUDGE What type of breathing do you get with DKA? - correct answers.Kussmaul's Do you get Kussmaul's with Hyperglycemic Hyperosmotic Nonketotic Syndrome (HHNS)? - correct answers.No Anytime you see the word anxiety what type of respiratory problem do they have? - correct answers.Respiratory Alkalosis What is the problem with your lung compliance the older you get? - correct answers.It decreases and becomes more brittle What is Proximal Nocturnal Dyspnea? - correct answers.Can't lay down at night without getting shortness of breath What patients generally have PND? - correct answers.CHF What is another name for CHF? - correct answers.Left sided heart failure