Final Flashcards

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Define the mid axillary line.

A

A line that runs from the patients armpit down to his ankle

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Describe the sagittal plane?

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Divides the body into right and left segments.

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Define a transverse line.

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Separates the patient into upper and lower halves.

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3
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What is online medical direction?

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Calling into an actual doctor to get permission for XY and Z.

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4
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What Is off-line medical direction?

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Preset protocols to follow

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5
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Is it diffusing session?

A

Talk about how you feel

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6
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What are the five stages of grief?

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Denial, anger, depression, bargaining, acceptance

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Major bony structures of the upper extremities?

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Radius, ulna, humerous

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8
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What are the bones of the cranium?

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Frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital.

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9
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Where is your frontal bone

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Front of the cranium

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10
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Where is the parietal bone?

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In the upper side region of the cranium

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Where is your temporal bone?

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On the lower side of the cranium.

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12
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Where is the occipital bone?

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Back of the head

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13
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What does blue skin mean?

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The patient is cyanotic

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14
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With this cool skin indicate?

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Hypoxemia

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15
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During the primary assessment how do you determine the adequacy of the patient’s breathing?

A

Head tilt chin lift

16
Q

What causes snoring?

A

Tongue

17
Q

What are the four different kinds of consent?

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Informed consent, expressed consent, consent to treat a minor, in voluntary consent.

18
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The four elements of negligence?

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Duty to act, breached the duty to act, suffered injury because of the breach, proximate cause

19
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Define breach of duty

A

The EMt deviates from the standard of care

20
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The shortness of breath called?

A

Dyspnea

21
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What do You want to assess when you’re debating between an non rebreather mask and positive pressure ventilation

A

Tidal volume

22
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Do you assess for a pneumothorax?

A

Compare chest sounds bilaterally

23
Q

Kind of breathing is a sign of upper airway obstructions

A

Stridor

24
Q

Engine symptoms of epiglottitis.

A

Cyanosis, Stridor, difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing

25
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Define croup

A

Infection of the larynx and bronchioles caused by viruses.

26
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Sign of croup

A

Barking cough

27
Q

What does the left atrium do?

A

Receives oxygen infused blood from the lungs

28
Q

What is the tricuspid valve

A

It prevents blood from backing up into the right atrium

29
Q

What helps blood clot?

A

Platelets

30
Q

What do you do before giving someone Nitro?

A

Sure they’re not on any erectile dysfunction drugs, make sure that the prescription is up-to-date, make sure that the prescription is for them.

31
Q

What is a pneumothorax?

A

Hole in the parietal Plearra that allows air into the plural space

32
Q

How do you treat a sucking chest wound?

A

Apply hand over the hole

Place an occlusive dressing on item m

33
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Categories of shock

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Hypovolemic, cardiogenic, distributive, obstructive, metabolic