EMT-B BASIC FINAL EXAM REVIEW ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) | GRADED A+ |
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Normal BP in infants: 50-95 systolic
Systolic is? the increased pressure that is caused along the artery with
each contraction of the ventrical pulse.
Diastolic is? The residual pressure that remains in the artiers during the
relaxing phase of the heart's cycle, when the left ventricle is
at rest.
Proper size for BP cuff: Designed to wrap around the arm 1 to 1 1/2 times and take
up 2/3 of the length of the arm from armpit to elbow. Small
cuff=false high reading, large= false low reading.
What is trending? Taking vitals more than once to see how your pt is doing.
Emergency movement/lifting Moving a pt before initial assessment. *Clothes drag,
is: blanket, arm and arm-to-arm drag
Urgent movement/lifting is: Used for pts with AMS, inadequate ventilations, or shock.
Rapid Extrication is required When the pt is in an unsafe vehicle, pt cannot be properly
in what situation? assessed, pt needs
immediate intervention/transport, pt requires supine
position, or pt blocks access to another seriously injured pt.
Who sets the curriculum for DOT
all EMS courses?
Provides national standards National Registery
for EMT testing and
certification.
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Physician who Medical Control
authorizes/delegates
authority to provide medical
care in the field.
Recognition, patient Continuum of Care
assesment, continued
assesment and
stabilization in hospital,
definitive care.
Types of stress include: Cumulative, post-traumatic stress reaction, eustruss, acute stress,
and chronic stress
Increased respiratory rate, heart rate, and B/P,
vasodilation, dialted pupils, tensed muscles, increased
S/S of stress include: glucose levels, perspiration, deacreased blood flow
to
gastrointestinal tract, irritability, inability to concentrate, difficult or
increased
sleeping, anxiety, guilt, loss of appetite, decreased
sexual activity, loss of interest in work, alcholism,
drug use.
Eliminate stressors, change partners, get rid of negative
Management of stress personalities, change work hours, reduce overtime,
includes:
change your attitude, don't obsess over what you can't
change, excercise, diet.
During an acute stress response, the autonomic nervous
system is activated and the body increases level of
Fight or Flight response:
cotricol, adrenilen, and other hormones that
produce an
increased heart rate, quick breathing, and higher
BP. Blood is shunted from extremities to the big
muscles to "fight or flight".
Direct - touch or droplets
Indirect - spread by inanimate
objects Mechanical (vector
Routes of transmission include:
born) - by insects
Biological - Transmissions by which the
germs live or grow Airborne - sneezes,
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