Cardiac And Respiriratory Emergancy Flashcards
How many times dose the heart pump a minute?
About 80
What side of the heart dose blood return?
Right
What is a condition where airways narrow?
Asthma
What is fluid build up around the alveoli in the lungs when the heart dose not pump efficiently?
Pulmonary edema
When a coronary artery becomes occluded or blocked?
Myocardial infarction
What are the 3 basic problems cardiac conditions are caused by?
Interruptions to the blood flow
Problems with the hearts rhythm
Problems pumping
When the heart is receiving reduced blood flow?
Angina pectoris
What are the signs of cardiac emergencies?
Chest pain Difficulty breathing Nausea vomiting Weakness Dizziness Sweat Skipped heart beats
What are the 2 parts to cardiac assessments?
History
Physical examination
OPQRST
Onset Provocation Quality Region Severity Time
What is the most important decision to make when treating a cardiac patient?
Individually determine the patients level of responsiveness and airway status.
What is the most common condition you’ll see in an emergency?
Asthma
Chronic bronchitis
Emphysema
Congestive heart failure
Mucus in the lower airways?
Chronic bronchitis
Long term diseases in nature?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COPD
A problem with the heart that affects the lungs?
Congestive heart failure
Infection in the lungs
Pneumonia
Collapse lung is also called?
Pneumothorax
What are fine popping sounds?
Crackles
What is a coarse sound akin to bubbling?
Rhonchi
What are some reasons a person will experience an altered mental status?
Hypoxia Diabetic Stroke Seizure Fever Poisoning Head injury
A form of simple sugar
Glucose
Helper with glucose?
Insulin
A condition where a person cannot produce enough insulin?
Diabetes
2 types of emergencies related to diabetes?
Hyperglycemia
Hypoglycemia
2 types of stokes?
Ischemic stroke
Hemorrhagic stroke
Mini stroke?
Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
The Cincinnati prehospital scale has 3 components
Facial drop
Arm drift
Speech
Change of behavior or movement caused by irregular electrical activity in the brain
Seizure
4 phases to the tonic-clonic seizure
Aura phase- aware that seizure is gonna happen
Tonic phase- collapses to ground
Clonic phase- muscles alternate
Postictal phase- regain responsiveness
A continuos seizure?
Status epilepticus
4 ways poison can enter the body
Injection
Ingestion
Inhalation
Absorption
Substance that causes an abnormal immune response
Allergen
Life threatening allergic reaction
Anaphylaxis
What constricts blood vessels and dilates respiratory passages?
Epipen
A sudden severe abdominal pain
Acute abdomen
Expanded or swolen
Distended
Treatment where a patients blood passes this a dialyses machine
Hemodialysis
5 decisions in scene size up
Safety Standard precautions Mechanism of injury Number of patents Resource determination
A tool to determine a persons level of consciousness
Glasgow coma scale
3 components of the Glasgow coma scale
Eye opening
Verbal response
Motor response
