Flight Paramedic Certification Flight Physiology Questions & Answers 100% Correct

Flight Paramedic Certification Flight
Physiology Questions & Answers 100%
Correct

Boyle's Law Definition - ANSWER-"Boyle's = Balloon = Barotrauma"

The pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to the volume of a gas at a constant
temperature.

P1V1 = P2V2

Boyle's Law Affects - ANSWER-ETT Cuffs
MAST trousers
Air Splints
IV drip rates (increases rate)

Boyle's Law Example - ANSWER-If the patient has a Pneumocephalus (air inside the
cranial vault after trauma, usually from a direct blow, associated with depressed skull
fractures) intracranial pressure will increase

Arterial Gas Embolism (AGE)

Dalton's Law Definition - ANSWER-"Dalton's Gang"

Law of Partial Pressures (this is an additive gas law)

The total pressure of a gas mixture is the sum of the partial pressures of all the gasses
in the mixture.

PT = P1 + P2 + P3 + ... +Pn

Dalton's Law Affects - ANSWER-Responsible for soft tissue swelling at altitude (uptake
of inert gasses into tissue)

Charles' Law Definition - ANSWER-"Charging Charles"

At a constant pressure, the volume of gas is directly proportional to the absolute
temperature of the gas.

V1 / T1 = V2 / T2