EMR / National Registry questions and
terms
Distal -
✔Nearer to free end of an extremity
Proximal -
✔Closer to trunk
Which muscular organ holds and nourishes the fetus? -
✔Uterus
Life support for FETUS? -
✔Placenta
What holds a fertilized egg as it develops? -
✔Uterus
Bag an adult if they have less than ? breaths per minute. -
✔10 breaths per munute
Bag an infant if they have less than ? breaths per minute. -
✔20 breaths per minute
List the 3 causes of burns. -
✔Heat
chemicals
electricity
What is a 3rd degree burn? -
✔Damages all layers of skin - full thickness burn
What is a 2nd degree burn? -
✔Partial thickness burn
3 types of splints? -
✔Rigid
Soft
Traction splints
3 types of pipes?(blood vessels) -
✔Arteries
, Veins
Capillaries
Sign or symptom of FLAIL CHEST? -
✔One side of chest rises and falls when respirating and other doesnt.
What can Flail chest cause? -
✔Hypoxia: less oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged in the lungs
How to treat Flail chest? -
✔Place a pillow on top of the side with the damaged ribs to help brace them as you
continue to respirate.
How long can you leave a tourniquet on a patient? -
✔2 hours
How to treat a STROKE? -
✔1) airway
2) emotional support
A mother in labor is having trouble breathing; what do you do? -
✔Lay on left side in the Recovery Position
What is active labor? -
✔Contractions (starting at the beginning of the first contraction to the beginning of the
second contraction) 2 minutes apart for 10 minutes. ??????????????????????????
Book says 3 minutes apart or less, baby is coming
Where do you clamp the cord after baby is born? -
✔Clamp cord 6" away from baby and then a second clamp another 6" away from the
first clamp
How soon does the placenta deliver? -
✔30 minutes
What is an Ectopic Pregnancy? -
✔Fertilized egg becomes implanted in Fallopian tune rather than in the uterus.
Signs and symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy? -
✔Sudden pain
Shock
internal bleeding
Difference between living will and DNR? -
terms
Distal -
✔Nearer to free end of an extremity
Proximal -
✔Closer to trunk
Which muscular organ holds and nourishes the fetus? -
✔Uterus
Life support for FETUS? -
✔Placenta
What holds a fertilized egg as it develops? -
✔Uterus
Bag an adult if they have less than ? breaths per minute. -
✔10 breaths per munute
Bag an infant if they have less than ? breaths per minute. -
✔20 breaths per minute
List the 3 causes of burns. -
✔Heat
chemicals
electricity
What is a 3rd degree burn? -
✔Damages all layers of skin - full thickness burn
What is a 2nd degree burn? -
✔Partial thickness burn
3 types of splints? -
✔Rigid
Soft
Traction splints
3 types of pipes?(blood vessels) -
✔Arteries
, Veins
Capillaries
Sign or symptom of FLAIL CHEST? -
✔One side of chest rises and falls when respirating and other doesnt.
What can Flail chest cause? -
✔Hypoxia: less oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged in the lungs
How to treat Flail chest? -
✔Place a pillow on top of the side with the damaged ribs to help brace them as you
continue to respirate.
How long can you leave a tourniquet on a patient? -
✔2 hours
How to treat a STROKE? -
✔1) airway
2) emotional support
A mother in labor is having trouble breathing; what do you do? -
✔Lay on left side in the Recovery Position
What is active labor? -
✔Contractions (starting at the beginning of the first contraction to the beginning of the
second contraction) 2 minutes apart for 10 minutes. ??????????????????????????
Book says 3 minutes apart or less, baby is coming
Where do you clamp the cord after baby is born? -
✔Clamp cord 6" away from baby and then a second clamp another 6" away from the
first clamp
How soon does the placenta deliver? -
✔30 minutes
What is an Ectopic Pregnancy? -
✔Fertilized egg becomes implanted in Fallopian tune rather than in the uterus.
Signs and symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy? -
✔Sudden pain
Shock
internal bleeding
Difference between living will and DNR? -
