NREMT AEMT PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A

M.O.I. Mechanism of Injury, vehicles, falls etc. what do you generally set oxygen to? 15L/M How to open airway for a trauma victim? chin lift/jaw thrust apneic not breathing N.O.I nature of illness AVPU Alert, verbal/vocal, pain, unconscious skin CTC color,temperature, condition (normal is warm,pink and dry) hypoperfusion Shock.... decreased delivery of oxygen and nutrients to cells)OPQRST for conditions occuring right now (medical) Onset, Provocation, quality,radiation, severity, time Onset What were you doing when this happened? did it happen suddenly or gradually? could ...... have caused this? Provocation What makes your pain feel better or worse? does it hurt when you do .........? quality How would you describe your pain? what does your pain feel like? radiation Where does it hurt the most? is it staying in one spot? where was it when the pain started severity on scale of 1 to 10 how bad is your pain? time how long has it been since the pain started?signs versus symptoms signs: something you see symptoms: something they tell you nitroglycerin vasodilation of coronary arteries What is first priority after personal safety? patient care brady (root) below normal, slow tachy (root) above normal, rapid tachypnea rapid breathing plegia paralysis of the limbs quadraplegia (four limbs) quad=4 bilateral both sidesdorsal/ventral dorsal: back of body ventral: front of body palmar/plantar