AEMT 15

Question 1

When should you think about PPE?

Answer 1

Initial approach to the scene

Question 2

You collect information using what senses?

Answer 2

Sight, hearing, smell and touch.

Question 3

information from what two steps help you care for your patient in the first few moments of an emergancy?

Answer 3

Scene size up and primary assessment

Question 4

Kinetic energy can produce what?

Answer 4

Blunt or penetrating injuries

Question 5

If the MOI could have produced injury to the cervical spine you must?

Answer 5

Take cervical spine precautions

Question 6

If patient is unresponsive and there is a possible cervical spine injury first check the carotid pulse and if there is a pulse your next step is to?

Answer 6

Open the airway with modified jaw thrust.

Question 7

When do you start the scene size up?

Answer 7

as you approach the scene

Question 8

What kind of valuable information do you gather during the scene size up?

Answer 8

Presence of hazards, number of patients, and additional resourses needed.

Question 9

When does the scene size up end?

Answer 9

It continues until you leave the scene

Question 10

What is the purpose of the primary assessment?

Answer 10

To immedciately identify and correct conditions that can cause the patient’s death if not corrected at once.

Question 11

What is perfusion?

Answer 11

The delivery of oxygenated blood to the cellular level.

Question 12

What happens with out adequate perfusion?

Answer 12

Cell damage and death begin within minutes

Question 13

If patient is alert and responding or unresponsive but breathing there is some degree of cellular perfusion taking place and you determine priority status by checkin life threats in what order?

Answer 13

ABC

Question 14

Patient appers to be unresponsive and not breathing or breathing inefficiently, you check what before opening the airway?

Answer 14

Carotid pulse. The order is CAB

Question 15

THe most important step in resesitation of a patient in cardiac arrest is?

Answer 15

Restoring Circulation

Question 16

What is an indication that perfusion of the skin is decreased, perhaps from shock?

Answer 16

Pale skin color

Question 17

What is a visible sign of hypoxia

Answer 17

Cyanosis in areas such as ears, lips or nail beds.

Question 18

What indicates sever liver disease?

Answer 18

Jaundice. (yellowing of the skin)

Question 19

In ABCD what order is D assessed?

Answer 19

First. (level of response AVPU)

Question 20

If the patients eyes are closed or he seems unaware of your pressence check his alertness with what?

Answer 20

Verbal stimuli

Question 21

Glasgow coma scale score should be determined with which patients?

Answer 21

Every patient but you should not delay any part of the primary assessment to do so.

Question 22

what does the GCS scale range from?

Answer 22

3-15

Question 23

If the cause of unresponsiveness is not immediately correctable what do you do?

Answer 23

do not delay insertine an appropriate airway, performing ventilation and xporting the patient.

Question 24

What is the chief complaint?

Answer 24

The reason the patient states, in his own words, that he needs medical assistance.

Question 25

If the patient does not have a pulse what do you do next

Answer 25

immediatly start compressions and apply and AED

Question 26

What is the most common cause of airway obstruction in a non responsive patient

Answer 26

epiglottis closes over the glottis and the tongue falls back into the posterior pharynx obstructing it.

Question 27

What snoring a sign of?

Answer 27

Partial airway obstruction

Question 28

Why would having no gag reflex in a patient with decreased level of responsiveness be a risk?

Answer 28

They could asperate and cause airway obstruction.

Question 29

Stridor sounds like?

Answer 29

High pitchd whistling indicating a partial upper airway ubstruction

Question 30

Gurgling indicates what?

Answer 30

Fluid in the upper airway, which must be removed by suctioning.

Question 31

What do you do if there is inadequate air movement?

Answer 31

ventilate the patient using a bag valve device.

Question 32

If you do not see adequate airmovement what two things could be wrong?

Answer 32

Either a partial airway obstruction or the patient is not breathing adequatly

Question 33

If you hear weezing or crackles that is an indication your patient is in?

Answer 33

Respitory Distress.

Question 34

Normal breathing is what?

Answer 34

Effortless and quiet.

Question 35

Apnea is what?

Answer 35

Respiratory arrest or the absence of breathing

Question 36

slow, shallow, gasping ineffective respirations are called

Answer 36

agonal resperations (dying)

Question 37

Healthy adulp patients breath at a regular rate of ?

Answer 37

12-20 breaths a minute

Question 38

what is the normal tidal volume for the average adult?

Answer 38

500ML

Question 39

What does weezing indicate

Answer 39

constriction of the bronchioles which interferes with movement of air in and out of the aveoli.

Question 40

After you have astablisthed an airway you do what?

Answer 40

Check the pulse and control bleeding

Question 41

A strong radial pulse in a healthy adult is what?

Answer 41

60-100 per minute

Question 42

You can tell there is good perfusion if the skin is?

Answer 42

Warm and dry

Question 43

For unresponsive patients what should be checked prior to checking for breathing?

Answer 43

Pulse

Question 44

If a pulse is present on an unresponsive patient procide with what?

Answer 44

ABC’s

Question 45

If your patient is responsive what do you do in your primary assessment?

Answer 45

Confirm level of responsiveness; check for problems with airway, breathing and circulation and determine cheif complaint.