Decompression sickness Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. You have completed your initial assessment of a ten year old unresponsive medical patient. How should you start your focused assessment? A. A SAMPLE history from family members. B. A physical exam of head and chest. C. A history of childhood illnesses from family members. D. A rapid physical exam. 2. What are agonal respirations? A. Deep, very slow and irregular breaths. B. Shallow, slow, and irregular gasping breaths. C. Deep, rapid, and regular breaths. D. Shallow, rapid, and reg...

Explain the purpose of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO) correct answer: - Means of increasing the PO₂ by increasing the barometric pressure List the diseases/disorders that can be treated with hyperbaric O₂ therapy correct answer: - CO poisoning - Decompression sickness (bends) - Tissue transplants/graphs - Anaerobic infections (gas gangrene) What are the pressures in which HBO therapy is conducted? correct answer: - Most HBO therapy is conducted at pressures between 2-3 atmospher...

If you decrease the frequency while using HFOV, what will increase, leading to what? correct answer: If frequency decrease, the amplitude will increase, leading to a decrease in PaCO2. If amplitude increases, what will increase while on HFOV? correct answer: Alveolar Ventilation If you decrease the frequency, what will happen to the Respiratory Rate? correct answer: It will decrease Neonate Desired PaO2? correct answer: >60 Neonate Desired PaCO2? correct answer: <50 Wha...

What is the most serious and dangerous diving emergency? A. Arterial gas embolism B. Decompression sickness C. Nitrogen narcosis D. The squeeze - A. Arterial gas embolism What is the cause of heat exhaustion? A. Exposure to high ambient temperatures B. Prolonged heat exposure, usually over hours or days C. The consumption of too much water on a hot day D. Exposure to rapid changes in temperature - B. Prolonged heat exposure, usually over hours or days In the emergency department, resu...

When assessing a conscious patient with an MOI that suggests spinal injury, you should: - correct answer determine if the strength in all extremities is equal. During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and nausea, you ask him when his headache began, but he does not answer your question immediately. You should: - correct answer allow him time to think about the question and respond to it. While at the scene of a motor vehicle crash, you determine that there are...

FISDAP Airway Practice Questions and Correct Answers 100% Correct | Updated 2024. You arrive on the scene to discover a 65-year-old female lying on the floor of her living room. Your first step in the care of this patient is to" A. begin chest compressions B. apply the AED C. maintain an open airway D. assess level of consciousness C. maintain an open airway Tidal volume is best defined as the: A. volume of air inhaled on a single breath B. volume of air that remains in the upper air...

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FISDAP Airway Practice Questions with Complete Solutions You arrive on the scene to discover a 65-year-old female lying on the floor of her living room. Your first step in the care of this patient is to" A. begin chest compressions B. apply the AED C. maintain an open airway D. assess level of consciousness C. maintain an open airway Tidal volume is best defined as the: A. volume of air inhaled on a single breath B. volume of air that remains in the upper airway C. total volume of air t...

NREMT EMT Cognitive Final Exam Question and Answers Rated A+ 2023/2024When assessing a conscious patient with an MOI that suggests spinal injury, you should: correct answers determine if the strength in all extremities is equal. During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and nausea, you ask him when his headache began, but he does not answer your question immediately. You should: correct answers allow him time to think about the question and respond to it. While a...

SDI Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed Objects under water appear: Closer and larger than they do on land What happens to colors under water As you descend, colors appear to fade, not intensify. Blues and grays are the last remaining colors at depth. Because sound travels faster under water: Sound's increases speed under water makes it harder to determine the direction from which it is coming. Water conducts heat away from your body ___ times faster than air does 25 The presence of t...