NREMT PRACTICE QUESTIONS

Your patient a 52 year old male complain- ing of dull, achy chest pains. He is alert and oriented but upon assessment, you notice his skin is pale, cool and clammy. What is your next step? Cardiac Compromise an AED is used to treat patients is the normal heart rate for a new born (0-3 months) is the two flap valve located on the left side of the heart is the Name the layers of the heart form the outside in what complain is often used to describe chest pain resulting from a cardiac event What artery carries deoxygenated blood and which vein carried oxygenated bleed? which are not blood components that are responsible for clot formation you are dispatched to a residence of a 46year old female patient who is in se- vere abdominal pain and vomited twice before your arrival. she ate cheesecake right before. what is the cause of her pain Administer Supplemental oxygen Any type of heart problem. Cardiac com- promise is a blanket term used to de- scribe any type of heart problem. As an EMT-B it allows you to identify car- diac problems without going above your scope of practice Ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia 140-160 Mitral Valve also known as the Bicuspid Valve. The three flap valve is called the Tricuspid valve Epicardium, Myocardium, and Endo- cardium A ton of bricks. or an elephant sitting on my chest. A sharp stabbing pain is often a Pul- monary Embolism Pulmonary artery, and Pulmonary vein Plaque acute gastroenteritis- may be caused by a bacterial or viral ingestion, toxic inges- tion, or ingestion of lactose in a lactose intolerant patient. signs and symptoms include nausea, vomiting diarrhea, and abdominal cramping. NREMT PRACTICE QUESTIONS 2 / 11 your patient is a 32 year old male who was complaining of severe, crushing, feeling in the center of his chest and shortness of breath that began while he was mowing his lawn 45 mins prior to you arrival. he is now only responding to painful ntly his minute venti- lation is still adequate, his pulse oximeter reads 95% on room air and you find his skin to be pale, cool, and diaphoretic. what would your initial action be. you are called to a nursing home for a patient with swelling in her legs. Upon arrival you find a 76 year old patient sitting in a wheelchair. assessment con- firms pitting edema to both lower legs you are able to palpate a dorsalis pedal pulse bilaterally. her skin is pink and dry. her lungs are clear bilaterally. which con- ditions do you suspect you arrive on the scene of a patient who fell from a ladder. which of the following questions is NOT an important factor in care of the patient? You are dispatched to the scene of a 9 year old girl who has been struck by a car. Police are unable to reach her par- ents. what gives you the ability to treat the girl you are dispatched to a call for a injured man. as you approach the door of the home, a man opens the door and tells you "this is none of your business" and to "get out of here". What is the correct course of action in this case? 12-15 L Oxygen by nonrebreather chronic CHF. Edema to the legs or sacrum is often a result of right sided congestive heart failure. there may also be a jugular vein distention and ascites present as well. the most common cause of right sided heart failure is left sided heart failure. therefore, you may not s&s of left sided heart failure as a dry hacking couch or coughing up pink frothy sputum, shortness of breath orthopnea, paroxys- mal nocturnal dyspnea and fatigue. Height of the ladder implied consent return to the ambulance drive a safe dis- tance away and call for police to help was correct