Cardiac And Respiriratory Emergancy

Question 0

How many times dose the heart pump a minute?

Answer 0

About 80

Question 1

What side of the heart dose blood return?

Answer 1

Right

Question 2

What is a condition where airways narrow?

Answer 2

Asthma

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Pulmonary edema

Question 4

When a coronary artery becomes occluded or blocked?

Answer 4

Myocardial infarction

Question 5

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

Answer 5

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

Question 6

When the heart is receiving reduced blood flow?

Answer 6

Angina pectoris

Question 7

What are the signs of cardiac emergencies?

Answer 7

Chest pain
Difficulty breathing 
Nausea vomiting 
Weakness 
Dizziness 
Sweat 
Skipped heart beats

Question 8

What are the 2 parts to cardiac assessments?

Answer 8

History

Physical examination

Question 9

OPQRST

Answer 9

Onset
Provocation
Quality
Region
Severity
Time

Question 10

What is the most important decision to make when treating a cardiac patient?

Answer 10

Individually determine the patients level of responsiveness and airway status.

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Asthma
Chronic bronchitis
Emphysema
Congestive heart failure

Question 12

Mucus in the lower airways?

Answer 12

Chronic bronchitis

Question 13

Long term diseases in nature?

Answer 13

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

COPD

Question 14

A problem with the heart that affects the lungs?

Answer 14

Congestive heart failure

Question 15

Infection in the lungs

Answer 15

Pneumonia

Question 16

Collapse lung is also called?

Answer 16

Pneumothorax

Question 17

What are fine popping sounds?

Answer 17

Crackles

Question 18

What is a coarse sound akin to bubbling?

Answer 18

Rhonchi

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Hypoxia
Diabetic
Stroke
Seizure 
Fever
Poisoning
Head injury

Question 20

A form of simple sugar

Answer 20

Glucose

Question 21

Helper with glucose?

Answer 21

Insulin

Question 22

A condition where a person cannot produce enough insulin?

Answer 22

Diabetes

Question 23

2 types of emergencies related to diabetes?

Answer 23

Hyperglycemia

Hypoglycemia

Question 24

2 types of stokes?

Answer 24

Ischemic stroke | Hemorrhagic stroke

Question 25

Mini stroke?

Answer 25

Transient ischemic attack (TIA)

Question 26

The Cincinnati prehospital scale has 3 components

Answer 26

Facial drop Arm drift Speech

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Seizure

Question 28

4 phases to the tonic-clonic seizure

Answer 28

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

Question 29

A continuos seizure?

Answer 29

Status epilepticus

Question 30

4 ways poison can enter the body

Answer 30

Injection Ingestion Inhalation Absorption

Question 31

Substance that causes an abnormal immune response

Answer 31

Allergen

Question 32

Life threatening allergic reaction

Answer 32

Anaphylaxis

Question 33

What constricts blood vessels and dilates respiratory passages?

Answer 33

Epipen

Question 34

A sudden severe abdominal pain

Answer 34

Acute abdomen

Question 35

Expanded or swolen

Answer 35

Distended

Question 36

Treatment where a patients blood passes this a dialyses machine

Answer 36

Hemodialysis

Question 37

5 decisions in scene size up

Answer 37

``` Safety Standard precautions Mechanism of injury Number of patents Resource determination ```

Question 38

A tool to determine a persons level of consciousness

Answer 38

Glasgow coma scale

Question 39

3 components of the Glasgow coma scale

Answer 39

Eye opening Verbal response Motor response