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What causes pulmonary embolism? - ️️A blockage of the pulmonary artery by a clot
- obstructing blood flow
What causes Acute pulmonary edema? - ️️Blood backup into the alveoli - this
reduces room for gas exchange
Modes of transmission - ️️Direct contact: physical contact with infecte...
AEMCA study set
What causes pulmonary embolism? - ✔️✔️A blockage of the pulmonary artery by a clot
- obstructing blood flow
What causes Acute pulmonary edema? - ✔️✔️Blood backup into the alveoli - this
reduces room for gas exchange
Modes of transmission - ✔️✔️Direct contact: physical contact with infected person
indirect: Disease spread from person to object
vector: bites, pathogens and parasites
Airborne: coughing, sneezing - particles travel through the air
Lateral recumbent position: - ✔️✔️On their side
Fowler's position - ✔️✔️sitting straight up
prone - ✔️✔️lying face down
supine - ✔️✔️lying face up
Trendelenburg position - ✔️✔️lying prone with feet elevated
How many pairs of ribs are there? - ✔️✔️12 pairs
contents of the upper airway: - ✔️✔️oropharynx and nasopharynx; nose, nasal cavities,
oral cavity, hard and soft palate, larynx
contents of the lower airway: - ✔️✔️glottis, trachea, alveoli, lungs
4 Types of micro-organisms. - ✔️✔️bacteria, fungi, parasites, viruses
Where is aspiration more common and why? - ✔️✔️more common into the right lung
because the right bronchi is shorter and straighter than the left
Where is the site of gas exchange in the lungs? - ✔️✔️The alveoli
What is pleural space? - ✔️✔️The space between the visceral and parietal pleura
What separates the right and left lung? - ✔️✔️The mediastinum
,What happens to tension in the lungs during inspiration? - ✔️✔️It increases
what is compliance - ✔️✔️The ability of the lungs to stretch/distend
Normal resp rate - ✔️✔️12-24 breaths/min
tachypnea - ✔️✔️>28 breaths/min
bradypnea - ✔️✔️<12 breaths/min
Apnea - ✔️✔️No breathing
What is Emphysema? - ✔️✔️A loss of alveolar elasticity
What is chronic bronchitis? - ✔️✔️Excess mucous secretion and chronic inflammation
What is asthma? - ✔️✔️An inflammatory response causing swelling of the airways
What is Pneumonia? - ✔️✔️A lung infection where fluid/pus builds up in the alveoli
What is minute volume? - ✔️✔️The amount of air inspired/expired in one minute
Tidal volume x resp rate
Normal O2 sats? - ✔️✔️92%-96%
Factors affecting O2 sat readings? - ✔️✔️Bright ambient light, nail polish, abnormal
hemoglobin, patient movement
Normal adult HR? - ✔️✔️60-100 BPM
Tachycardia - ✔️✔️>100 BPM
Bradycardia - ✔️✔️<60 BPM
What 2 categories is the nervous system broken down into? - ✔️✔️The CNS and the
PNS
How is information transmitted through the nervous system? - ✔️✔️By electrical
impulses
How many bones are in the human body? - ✔️✔️206
, What is the Axial skeleton? - ✔️✔️head and trunk
What is the appendicular skeleton? - ✔️✔️Limbs
CEMCAP - ✔️✔️Confirm call details
Environment and hazards
Mechanism of injury
Casualties (#)
Allied resources
PPE
SAMPLE - ✔️✔️Signs and symptoms
Allergies
Past medical Hx
Last meal
Events leading up
You arrive on scene to find your patient. They are alert and their eyes open
spontaneously. Your patient responds to your questions with sounds that you cant quite
understand and is able to obey your commands. What is their GCS? - ✔️✔️12
You arrive on scene to find your patient, a 56 year old unconscious female. When you
speak to her she does not respond. Upon sternal rub she tries to push your hand away
but her eyes remain closed. What is her GCS? - ✔️✔️7
You arrive on scene to assess your patient, a fully alert 30 year old male. His eyes are
open, he knows where he is and is able to obey all commands. what is his GCS? -
✔️✔️15
Name all pulse points - ✔️✔️Carotid
Radial
Apical
Brachial
Femoral
Popliteal
Dorsalis Pedis
Posterior tibial
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