Shock is the body’s response to what? Right Ans - Poor perfusion
Hearing strider or snoring sounds while breathing Right Ans - Airway
obstruction
HIPPA Right Ans - Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Systolic - adult Right Ans - 90-140
Systolic - Child Right Ans - 80-110
Systolic - Infant Right Ans - 50-95
Ventilations - adult Right Ans - 5-6 sec
Ventilations - Infant Right Ans - 3-5 sec
Ventilations - Stoma Right Ans - 4-5 sec
Emancipated Right Ans - Minor able to give consent for their own
treatment
Apneic Right Ans - not breathing
Kyphosis Right Ans - hunchback (treat as spinal injury/ pad area to fill
open space on backboard)
Unified command system Right Ans - can involve many different agencies
such as EMS, fire department, law enforcement, city manages, and county
commissioners
Medical directors have the responsibility of establishing? Right Ans -
Standing protocol
A child's airway is just like an adults, except Right Ans - Tongue is larger,
cricoid cartilage is smaller
, French tip catheter Right Ans - Rinse with sterile water, preparing to
suction again
Morality Right Ans - Ethics is the study of morality or "right and wrong"
Negligence Right Ans - Deviating from the standard of care expected from
your level of certification
Pneumothorax Right Ans - collapsed lung/rough injury to lungs
In an emergency situation what can you do to help avoid acting unethically
Right Ans - Put patients well being first
Hypoperfusion Right Ans - inadequate flow of blood
Signs/symptoms of hypoperfusion Right Ans - Extreme thirst, restlessness
Adult pulse with no breathing Right Ans - 2 rescue breaths, then 10 breaths
per min
If patient complains of pelvis pain? Right Ans - Visually inspect pelvis
Hematochezia Right Ans - Passing blood in stool
Veins of the body perform what? Right Ans - Transporting unoxygenated
blood to the heart
Rare cause of respiratory failure in children Right Ans - Croup
During a physical exam, you note crepitus (rubbing of two ends of broken
bone) in a patients left humerus. How is this sign observed? What is most
likely treatment Right Ans - Auditory / splinting
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) of an EMS system Right Ans -
Internal review
external reviews
audits
Green hazmat w/#2, what type of cargo is likely on board Right Ans - Gases
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