EMT Medical Emergencies Questions and Answer
1.What are the S/S of Asthma?
ANS -part of COPD
-wheezing (bronchospasm)
-constriction of lower airways
-rales
-O2 and albuterol
2.What are the S/S of Anaphalxys?
ANS -4 routes
-flushed skin, edema, dyspnea
-Airway swells, blood vessels dilate (*may lower BP to <100)
-can lead to cardiac arrest
-HYPOTENSION is what makes it Anaphylaxis--> epi pen and O2
3.What are the S/S of Bronchitis?
ANS -part of COPD
-chronic cough, wheezing, cyanosis, vigorous cough, sputum is mucas.
-"blue bloaters" --> O2 and Albuterol
-typically overweight
4.What are the S/S of CHF?
ANS -wheezes, crackles (rales), after heart attack of other illness.
-dependent edema, abdominal distension,
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, -tachycardia, shortness of breath, fluid in lungs, anxiety, ashen/cyanotic,
confused, pink/frothy sputum
--> O2 and CPAP
5.What are the S/S of Spontaneous Pneumothorax?
ANS -A collapsed lung, air in pleural space due to ruptured alveoli.
-Acute pain, lung sounds may not be equal/unheard in one side
-give O2 and immediate transport.
6.What are the S/S of Pulmonary Embolus?
ANS -Clot that lodges itself in pulmonary artery that kills tissue
(ischemic)
-Hypoxic, cyanotic, tachypnea, acute pinpoint pain, hemoptosis (coughing
up blood), lung sounds normal.
--> High flow O2, CPAP, women pregnant and on BC, cancer PTs most at
risk.
7.What are the S/S of Pneumonia?
ANS - (similar to bronchitis), dyspnea, chills/fever, mucas in lungs
(rhonchi, rales and wheezing), cyanotic
--> GIve O2 and maybe albuteral.
8.What are the S/S of Emphysema?
ANS -part of COPD, barreled chest, pursed lip breathing, tachypneic,
tachycardiac, tripod position, possible wheezing/rhonci
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1.What are the S/S of Asthma?
ANS -part of COPD
-wheezing (bronchospasm)
-constriction of lower airways
-rales
-O2 and albuterol
2.What are the S/S of Anaphalxys?
ANS -4 routes
-flushed skin, edema, dyspnea
-Airway swells, blood vessels dilate (*may lower BP to <100)
-can lead to cardiac arrest
-HYPOTENSION is what makes it Anaphylaxis--> epi pen and O2
3.What are the S/S of Bronchitis?
ANS -part of COPD
-chronic cough, wheezing, cyanosis, vigorous cough, sputum is mucas.
-"blue bloaters" --> O2 and Albuterol
-typically overweight
4.What are the S/S of CHF?
ANS -wheezes, crackles (rales), after heart attack of other illness.
-dependent edema, abdominal distension,
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, -tachycardia, shortness of breath, fluid in lungs, anxiety, ashen/cyanotic,
confused, pink/frothy sputum
--> O2 and CPAP
5.What are the S/S of Spontaneous Pneumothorax?
ANS -A collapsed lung, air in pleural space due to ruptured alveoli.
-Acute pain, lung sounds may not be equal/unheard in one side
-give O2 and immediate transport.
6.What are the S/S of Pulmonary Embolus?
ANS -Clot that lodges itself in pulmonary artery that kills tissue
(ischemic)
-Hypoxic, cyanotic, tachypnea, acute pinpoint pain, hemoptosis (coughing
up blood), lung sounds normal.
--> High flow O2, CPAP, women pregnant and on BC, cancer PTs most at
risk.
7.What are the S/S of Pneumonia?
ANS - (similar to bronchitis), dyspnea, chills/fever, mucas in lungs
(rhonchi, rales and wheezing), cyanotic
--> GIve O2 and maybe albuteral.
8.What are the S/S of Emphysema?
ANS -part of COPD, barreled chest, pursed lip breathing, tachypneic,
tachycardiac, tripod position, possible wheezing/rhonci
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