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Cardiac And Respiriratory Emergancy Flashcards

0
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How many times dose the heart pump a minute?

A

About 80

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1
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What side of the heart dose blood return?

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Right

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2
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What is a condition where airways narrow?

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Asthma

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3
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What is fluid build up around the alveoli in the lungs when the heart dose not pump efficiently?

A

Pulmonary edema

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4
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When a coronary artery becomes occluded or blocked?

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Myocardial infarction

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5
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What are the 3 basic problems cardiac conditions are caused by?

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Interruptions to the blood flow
Problems with the hearts rhythm
Problems pumping

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6
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When the heart is receiving reduced blood flow?

A

Angina pectoris

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7
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What are the signs of cardiac emergencies?

A 
Chest pain
Difficulty breathing 
Nausea vomiting 
Weakness 
Dizziness 
Sweat 
Skipped heart beats
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8
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What are the 2 parts to cardiac assessments?

A

History

Physical examination

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9
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OPQRST

A 
Onset
Provocation
Quality
Region
Severity
Time
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10
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What is the most important decision to make when treating a cardiac patient?

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Individually determine the patients level of responsiveness and airway status.

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11
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What is the most common condition you’ll see in an emergency?

A

Asthma
Chronic bronchitis
Emphysema
Congestive heart failure

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12
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Mucus in the lower airways?

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Chronic bronchitis

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13
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Long term diseases in nature?

A

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

COPD

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14
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A problem with the heart that affects the lungs?

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Congestive heart failure

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15
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Infection in the lungs

A

Pneumonia

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16
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Collapse lung is also called?

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Pneumothorax

17
Q

What are fine popping sounds?

A

Crackles

18
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What is a coarse sound akin to bubbling?

A

Rhonchi

19
Q

What are some reasons a person will experience an altered mental status?

A 
Hypoxia
Diabetic
Stroke
Seizure 
Fever
Poisoning
Head injury
20
Q

A form of simple sugar

A

Glucose

21
Q

Helper with glucose?

A

Insulin

22
Q

A condition where a person cannot produce enough insulin?

A

Diabetes

23
Q

2 types of emergencies related to diabetes?

A

Hyperglycemia

Hypoglycemia

24
Q

2 types of stokes?

A

Ischemic stroke

Hemorrhagic stroke

25
Q

Mini stroke?

A

Transient ischemic attack (TIA)

26
Q

The Cincinnati prehospital scale has 3 components

A

Facial drop
Arm drift
Speech

27
Q

Change of behavior or movement caused by irregular electrical activity in the brain

A

Seizure

28
Q

4 phases to the tonic-clonic seizure

A

Aura phase- aware that seizure is gonna happen
Tonic phase- collapses to ground
Clonic phase- muscles alternate
Postictal phase- regain responsiveness

29
Q

A continuos seizure?

A

Status epilepticus

30
Q

4 ways poison can enter the body

A

Injection
Ingestion
Inhalation
Absorption

31
Q

Substance that causes an abnormal immune response

A

Allergen

32
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Life threatening allergic reaction

A

Anaphylaxis

33
Q

What constricts blood vessels and dilates respiratory passages?

A

Epipen

34
Q

A sudden severe abdominal pain

A

Acute abdomen

35
Q

Expanded or swolen

A

Distended

36
Q

Treatment where a patients blood passes this a dialyses machine

A

Hemodialysis

37
Q

5 decisions in scene size up

A 
Safety
Standard precautions 
Mechanism of injury 
Number of patents 
Resource determination
38
Q

A tool to determine a persons level of consciousness

A

Glasgow coma scale

39
Q

3 components of the Glasgow coma scale

A

Eye opening
Verbal response
Motor response

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