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Question 1

What is the safest mode of response?
Code 1
Code 0
Code 3
Code 2

Answer 1

Code 1 is safest- no lights and sirens

code 3 is lights and sirens

Question 2

Newborn is apneic with a pulse of 70 bpm and cyanotic. What is your intervention?

Answer 2

Provide positive pressure ventilations

60bpm or less provide compressions

Question 3

CO vs CO2

Answer 3

CO-carbon monoxide

CO2-carbon dioxide

Question 4

Kussmaul respirations vs Cheyne-stokes

Answer 4

Kussmaul- deep, labored, continuous breaths

Cheyne-stokes- deep, rapid breaths that slow down to a period of apnea and then repeat again

Question 5

Potentiation

Answer 5

refers to one drugs effect being increased or enhanced by another drugs effect

Question 6

Esophageal varices are typically associated with the abuse of what substance?

Answer 6

Alcohol- Alcohol causes damage to the liver, which increases pressure in the portal vein. The high pressure causes blood to seek other avenues and such as the small veins in the esophagus, causing esophageal varices

Question 7

PT complains of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Her abdomen is rigid and as you palate, there is rebound tenderness. The patient complains of a foul odor discharge and you notice she shuffles when she approaches you.

Answer 7

Pelvic inflammatory disease

Question 8

When helping a patient deliver her baby in the field, you should coach her to push for _____seconds and rest for ______seconds.

Answer 8

10,10

Question 9

Umbilical cord is wrapped tightly around the fetus’ neck. This is called?

Answer 9

Nuchal cord

Question 10

For postpartum bleeding to be considered postpartum hemorrhage, there must be how much blood loss?

Answer 10

500ml

Question 11

Spinal cord injuries affecting what region of the spine will affect the function of the diaphragm?

Answer 11

Cervical

Question 12

The phrenic nerves control the diaphragm. An injury above what vertebrae will cause a patient to stop breathing

Answer 12

C2

Question 13

MDI

Answer 13

meter dose inhaler

Question 14

Potential energy

Answer 14

refers to the type of energy an object has depending on its position. Example would be a car at the top of the hill that hasn’t started moving yet.

Question 15

Photophobia

Answer 15

is sensitivity to light and is a concerning sign when assessing head trauma

Question 16

Beck’s triad

Answer 16

associated with acute cardiac tamponade, an emergency condition wherein fluid accumulates around the heart and impairs its ability to pump blood. The signs are low arterial blood pressure, distended neck veins, and distant, muffled heart sounds.

Question 17

Crushing syndrome

Answer 17

cell death occurs when extremities are buried for extended periods of time

Question 18

Unipolar vs Bipolar traction splints

Answer 18

Unipolar traction is a sager splint- This device is placed, straps are strapped and mechanical traction is applied using the handle on the device. Max traction is 15lbs or 10% of body weight.

Bipolar- Hare device is measure and then strapped in. There is no pulling performed by the splint itself so manual traction must be applied.

Question 19

Trendelenburg position

Answer 19

Trendelenburg lurch. Trendelenburg position - a supine position on the operating table, used during and after operations in the pelvis or for shock. Trendelenburg sign - in congenital dislocation of the hip or in hip abductor weakness, the pelvis will sag on the side opposite to the dislocation when the hip and knee of the normal side is flexed.

Question 20

Sager splint percent and max lbs traction

Answer 20

15lbs and 10% of patients body weight

Question 21

What happens during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle?

Answer 21

menstruation

Question 22

This type of abnormal respiratory pattern is often seen in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis or other metabolic acidosis?

Answer 22

Kussmaul

Question 23

What substance covers the axon, allowing increase in speed of nervous signal along the axon?

Answer 23

Myelin

Question 24

Preload

Answer 24

the force exerted on the ventricle wall at the end of diastole

Question 25

PID

Answer 25

pelvic inflammatory disease- infection and inflammation of the upper female genital tract

Question 26

Diverticulitis

Answer 26

Diverticula are small, bulging pouches that can form in the lining of your digestive system. They are found most often in the lower part of the large intestine (colon). Diverticula are common, especially after age 40, and seldom cause problems.

Diverticulitis can cause severe abdominal pain, fever, nausea and a marked change in your bowel habits.

Question 27

Biot’s respirations

Answer 27

sequences of uniformly deep gasps, apnea, then more gasps

Question 28

Infant respiratory rate

Answer 28

25-50

Question 29

How many oxygen molecules can one hemoglobin hold when it is considered fully saturated

Answer 29

4

Question 30

what age do you start performing abdominal thrusts vs back blows and chest thrusts

Answer 30

greater than 1 year

Question 31

Meningitis

Answer 31

Infection of the protective layers of the brain and spinal cord

Question 32

Encephalitis

Answer 32

Infection of the brain itself

Question 33

Lou Gehrig’s disease and multiple sclerosis

Answer 33

Impair the nerves and transmission of messages in the nervous system

Question 34

Cardiac arrest that occurs within 2 hours of onset of symptoms is called

Answer 34

Sudden death

Question 35

Cardiac patient most likely not to present typical chest discomfort

Answer 35

Women

Question 36

Transient side effect of nitroglycerin that is typically not of a concern

Answer 36

Headache