JB Learning Guides d'étude, Notes de cours & Résumés

JB Learning Final compete soution Exam

All of the following would cause an increased level of carbon dioxide in the arterial blood, EXCEPT: A: short exhalation phase. B: reduced tidal volume. C: slow, shallow breathing. D: deep, rapid breathing. Correct Answer: D A woman presents with acute shortness of breath. Her breathing appears labored and her skin is pale. You should: A: deliver humidified oxygen and administer an inhaled bronchodilator. B: ensure that her oxygen saturation does not fall below 85 percent. C: admini...

You are transporting to a 66-year-old patient with a history of heart problems. The patient chart indicates that he has hepatomegaly. The root of the term indicates that: A. the problem is unrelated to the patient's heart condition. B. the problem is a direct consequence of the patient's heart disease. C. the organ involved is enlarged. D. the problem is with the patient's liver. Correct Answer: D. the problem is with the patient's liver. American Heart Association protocols are b...

An unresponsive trauma patient has sonorous respirations and blood draining from the corning of his mouth. What should you do? Correct Answer: Perform a jaw-thrust maneuver Which of the following statements regarding physiologic dead space is correct? Correct Answer: Diffuse alveolar collapse increases the size of the physiologic dead space Hemoglobin from which oxygen has been released to the cells is called Correct Answer: Reduced hemoglobin 2 You have intubated a 33-year old woman ...

A 4-year-old, 15-kg male ingested an unknown quantity of acetaminophen (Tylenol). The child's mother states that she does not know when the ingestion occurred. The child is conscious and alert and in no apparent distress. The EMT should: Correct Answer: administer 15 g of activated charcoal. A patient who has experienced a back injury, with or without spinal cord damage, would be triaged with a ___________ tag during a mass-casualty incident Correct Answer: yellow An unconscious patie...

accessory muscles Correct Answer: The secondary muscles of respiration. They include the neck muscles (sternocleidomastoids), the chest pectoralis major muscles, and the abdominal muscles. altered mental status Correct Answer: Any deviation from alert and oriented to person, place, time, and event, or any deviation from a patient's normal baseline mental status. Auscultate Correct Answer: To listen to sounds within an organ with a stethoscope. AVPU scale Correct Answer: A method of...

The process by which medications travel through body tissues until they reach the bloodstream. Correct Answer: absorption An oral medication that binds and adsorbs ingested toxins in the gastrointestinal tract for treatment of some poisonings and medication overdoses. It is ground into a very fine powder that provides the greatest surface area for binding medications that have been taken by mouth; it is carried on the EMS unit. Correct Answer: activated charcoal The process of bindin...

6 rights Correct Answer: drug, dose, route, time, patient, documentation Nitroglycerin form Correct Answer: tablet, spray (solution) Nitroglycerin dose Correct Answer: 0.4mg tablet/spray, Max: 3 doses w/in one episode (every 5 minutes) Nitroglycerin Route Correct Answer: sublingual 2 Nitroglycerin Indications Correct Answer: atraumatic chest pain Nitroglycerin Contraindications Correct Answer: 1. history of hypotension 2. head injury, 3. >100 systolic ed Nitroglycerin action C...

Absorption Correct Answer: The process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of the digestive system into the blood Action Correct Answer: The therapeutic effect of a medication on the body. Activated Charcoal Correct Answer: An oral medication that binds and adsorbs ingested toxins in the gastrointestinal tract for treatment of some poisonings and medication overdoses. Charcoal is ground into a very fine powder that provides the greatest possible surface area for bindin...