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FLIGHT PARAMEDIC OE COMPLETE QUESTION AND ANSWER (VERIFIED)
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FLIGHT PARAMEDIC OE COMPLETE QUESTIONAND ANSWER (VERIFIED)
Boyle's Law (Balloon=Barotrauma
ANSWER = The pressure a gas is inversely proportional to the volume of a gas at a constant
temperature.
IV drip rates increase, affects ETT cuffs
Dalton's Law
"Dalton's Gang"
ANSWER = Law of partial Pressures.
Responsible for soft tissue swelling at altitude
Charles' Law
"Charging Charles"
ANSWER = At a constant pressure, the volume of gas is directly proportional to the absolute
temperature of a gas.
As you charge O2 tank, the tank gets hot
,Gay Lussac's Law
ANSWER = Direct relationship between temperature and pressure.
ex: car tires in cold weather.
Graham's Law
Grey Matter
ANSWER = Law of Gaseous Diffusion
Gas exchange at cellular level
Henry's Law
Heineken
ANSWER = Solubility of a gas in a liquid
the BENDS
Bends Ground transport is preferred
ANSWER = Type 1 Nitrogen related, painful joints mottled skin, pruritus; "ants are crawling on their
Skin"
Cutis Marmorata- Mottled Skin, can look like a sunburn
Type 2 Neurologic s/s hypovolemic Shock
,Arterial Gas Embolism
ANSWER = Boyle's Law
breathe holding during ascent on a dive. causes pnuemo. air can be forced into blood stream creating air
bubble blocks.
Hyperbaric Chamber! fly in aircraft under 10k Mean Sea Level
Pulmonary Overpressurization
ANSWER = POP; Boyle's law
greatest pressure difference <4 ft
inexperienced divers can cause pneumo or mediastinal emphysema
atmosphere
ANSWER = Sea Level = 1 ATM = 760 Torr
33ft = 2 ATM
66ft = 3 ATA
Physiologic Zone
ANSWER = sea level to 10,000 feet
Night Vision is decreases at 5000ft MSL
, Physiologic Deficient Zone
TUC=Time of useful Consciousness
ANSWER = 10K to 50K ft MSL
O2 pressurization is required
Sign of compression loss is cooler temperature and window fogging.
Normally 90 Sec TUC at 30000ft
If a rapid decompression occurs TUC is @45 Sec
Pressure Values
ANSWER = Sea level = 760 Torr = 1 ATM
10K = 523 Torr
18K = 380 Torr = 1/2 ATM
Hypemic Hypoxia
ANSWER = -Reduction in oxygen carrying capacity of the blood.
-Anemia, blood loss
histotoxic hypoxia
ANSWER = Limits available 02 due to poisoning of the cytochrome oxidase system
Cyanide, Alcohol, Carbon Monoxide, Nitroglycerin, Sodium Nitroprusside
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