Emt Final 200

Emt Final 200 who may not understand the stress put on you as an emt? - ANSWER friends and family in many states a minor may be considered as an adult for the purpose of consenting or refusing if the minor is - ANSWER emancipated : lives by themselves and selfsupported when do we palate a patient's pelvis - ANSWER MOI suggests it what does the spinal cord pass through at the base of the cranium - ANSWER forena magnum what fills the entire posterior / anterior of the right upper quadrant - ANSWER the liver if you are doing a secondary assessment on a conscious patient with no traumatic abdominal pain and stable vital signs. what do you focus on - ANSWER chief complaint who regulates the standards for pre hospital emergency care - ANSWER the state office of ems why do incidents of diabetes increase with age - ANSWER decreased activity, weight gain, decreased insulin how would you say a person's body is laying if they're on their back/stomach - ANSWER supine/prone what happens in neurogenic shock - ANSWER widespread vasodilation, body doesn't compensate why can a child's airway be occluded if you over extend or overflow the head - ANSWER the occipital is proportionally larger than the trachea and flexible what does hemoglobin attach to - ANSWER red blood cells which carry oxygen how long do you hold the tip of an Epi auto injector in place - ANSWER 10 sec you have someone with lower back pain with tearing sensation. what are they experiencing - ANSWER aortic aneurysm what are the two functions of the liver - ANSWER secretion of bile and filters waste What is the atlas? - ANSWER 1st cervical vertebrae which articulates with the skull what is distnia - ANSWER difficulty breathing head trauma, stroke, poisoning or brain tumor. which one of these would cause metabolic seizure - ANSWER poisoning if you have a change in a patient condition, what do we reassess - ANSWER ABC if you have JVD, that suggests a blood problem returning to the heart, the patient is at what angle - ANSWER 35 degree angle how do we suction with orpharanix of a patient - ANSWER on the way out at our level, why do we assume that a person is having an AMI when complaining of chest pain - ANSWER we can't diagnose them in the field the team of health care professionals who are responsible for providing emergency care and transportation for the suck and injured - ANSWER the ems system the stomach, gallbladder, liver, or appendix. which one would most likely bleed profusely - ANSWER the liver what is the back portion of the body considered - ANSWER posterior weight gain, lack of appetite, weight loss, polyuria, low blood glucose levels. which sign or symptom would you most likely encounter in a patient with a new onset of type 1 diabetes - ANSWER weight loss and polyuria what are the finger bones called - ANSWER phalangies chest pain patient with a history of hypertension. you give high flow O2 and he has a Nitro patch on the right upper chest. His pressure is 78/50. what do you do - ANSWER with a gloved hand, take the Nitro patch off and wipe the chest off. raise the feet to treat the BP where does the blood in the inferior vena cava come from to get back to the heart - ANSWER legs, kidneys, abdomen, but not the brain 33yr old unresponsive patient with rapid shallow respirations. how do we treat that - ANSWER positive pressure ventilations if you have a patient that takes numerous meds, what is it best to do with those meds during transport - ANSWER take them with you what is bradycardia and tachycardia - ANSWER heart rate less than 60 and heart rate greater than 100 how do we administer oxygen to a hypoxic patient with chronic lung disease - ANSWER start at a lower flow and gradually build up until you see improvement What's a sign and symptom of acute hyperventilation syndrome - ANSWER tachitnia and extremities will become numb and tingly what is the best way to move a patient with a wheeled ambulance stretcher - ANSWER push with the head and guide with the feet if you move a patient from a bed to an ambulance stretcher, what kind of carry is that - ANSWER direct carry you've got an unresponsive patient that we cannot get IV access on. what's the most appropriate access to administer