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CRITICAL CARE/FLIGHT PARAMEDIC EXAM | 100% CORRECT babinski reflex - extension and spreading of toes when bottom of foot is stroked. sign of nervous system lesion battles sign - bruise behind ear, basilar skull fracture becks triad - jvd, muffled heart tones, hypotension. fr...

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CRITICAL CARE/FLIGHT
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babinski reflex - extension and spreading of toes when bottom of foot is stroked. sign of
nervous system lesion

battles sign - bruise behind ear, basilar skull fracture

becks triad - jvd, muffled heart tones, hypotension. from cardiac tamponade

brudzinski sign - flexion of the neck results in flexion of the hip. meningitis

coopernails sign - ecchymosis on perineum, labia, scrotum. sign of pelvis fracture

cullens sign - bruising around umbilicus. Sign of pancreatitis or ectopic pregnancy

grey turners sign - discoloration of skin around flank. sign of pancreatitis

hammans sign - crunching sound of heart with asynchronous heart beat. sign of
mediastinal emphysema/tracheobronchial disruption

kehrs sign - left shoulder pain associated with splenic rupture

kernigs sign - pain to knee extension when hip is at 90 degrees. sign of meningitis

levines sign - pain with clutched fist over midline of chest. sign of cardiac chest pain

mcburneys sign - tenderness 2/3 the distance between umbilicus and ileum. sign of
appendicitis

muphys sign - pt unable to take deep breath on inspiration with deep palpation beneath
right coastal margins. sign of gall bladder issues

S2 "dub" heart tones - aortic and pulmonary valve closure

, s1 "lub" sound - bicuspic/tricuspid valve closure

stroke volume is affected by - preload, afterload, contractility

s4 heart tone - indicative of stiff or noncompliant ventricle, like with an old MI

s3 heart tone - ventricle stretch due to fluid overload

right coronary artery is typically repaired by using - saphenous vein

dresslers sign - pericarditis from recent MI or cardiac surgery

alpha 1 stimulation results in - increased SVR/vasoconstriction

beta 1 stimulation results in - increased HR, contractility

janeway lesions and osler nodes are indicative of - endocarditis

elevated BNP signals - increased stretching of ventricles. found in CHF

where should a cardiac transducer be placed? - phlebostatic axis (4th intercostal space
midaxillary)

what does the dicrotic notch symbolize? - aortic valve closing

saline from ART line should infuse at what rate - 3ml/hr

normal central venous pressure (CVP) - 2-6

when utilizing a swan ganz catheter, never exceed ____mL of air in distal balloon - 1.5

coronary perfusion pressure calculation - PAWP-DBP (should be 50-60)

PAWP range - 8-12

PVR range - 50-250

PA pressure - 15-25 systolic, 8-15 diastolic

SVR range - 800-1200

what does PVR signify - right heart afterload, pulmonary vascular resistance

what is PCWP - same as pAWP

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