CH. 19 Flashcards
Answers to Assessment in Action Questions
Answers to Assessment in Action Questions
1. Answer: C glucose
2. Answer: C glucagon
3. Answer: C rapid drops in their blood glucose levels.
4. Answer: A Brain
5. Answer: B When was the last time you ate?
6. Answer: D Pale, moist skin
7. Answer: B 80 mg/dL
8. Any three of the following would be appropriate answers.
• Polyuria—increased frequency and volume of urination
• Polydipsia—insatiable thirst
• Polyphagia—increased appetite with no appreciable weight gain
• Ketone odor on breath—fat breakdown by-product
• Kussmaul respirations—metabolic respiratory response
• Gastrointestinal upset with elevated blood glucose levels
9. Hyperglycemia is high blood glucose. Hypoglycemia is low blood glucose.
Hypoglycemia (low blood glucose level) is an emergent event that needs to be treated immediately with sugar supplementation. If the patient is conscious, oral glucose may be used if there is a gag reflex. If the patient has become unconscious, immediate transport to definitive care may be the only treatment option for the EMT in many instances.
Ignored or unrecognized hyperglycemia can be lethal in the long term. Providing comfortable transport to definitive care while maintaining the ABCs is largely the best course of treatment the EMT can administer.
10. The patient is likely experiencing one of these:
• Hypoglycemia secondary to changes in routine
• Dehydration secondary to improper fluid replacement during the sporting event
