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General Revision Flashcards

1
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What is the name of the QLD legislation relating to WH&S?

A

Work health and safety act 2011

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2
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List the components of the VSS?

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Blood pressure, pulse, resp rate, blood sugar levels, oxygen saturation, temperature, echocardiogram, skin assessment and Glasgow coma scale.

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3
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What is diastolic blood pressure?

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The pressure exerted on arterial walls when the heart relaxes

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4
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What is systolic blood pressure?

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The pressure exerted on arterial walls when the heart contracts

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5
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What is the average tidal volume for a healthy adult?

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500mL

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6
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What is considered the greatest advancement in trauma during world war 1?

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The thomas splint

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7
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Who was considered the grandfather of advanced life support?

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Dr Frank Pantridge

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8
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Who wrote the original paramedic textbook?

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Dr Nancy Caroline

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9
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What does LASN stand for?

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Local ambulance service network

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What is our primary survey acronym and what are the components?

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DRABC, danger, response, airwar, breathing, circulation

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11
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What does the secondary survey compose of?

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  • focused secondary assessment
  • physical examination (head to toe)
  • patient hx
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12
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What are the components of a neurological assessment?

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  • Level of consciousness (LOC)
  • Pupil size and reactions
  • Motor function
  • sensory function
  • verbal capacity
  • VSS
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13
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What are the components of a perfusion assessment?

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  • pulse
  • blood pressure
  • skin assessment
  • level of consciousness (LOC)
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What are the components of a respiratory status assessment?

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  • level of consciousness (LOC)
  • general appearance
  • speech
  • ventilatory rate
  • ventilatory rhythm
  • ventilatory effort
  • skin assessment
  • pulse
  • breath sounds
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15
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What GCS score would you give to a patient who uses inappropriate words as their verbal response?

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verbal 3 (v3)

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16
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GCS score for reacts to speech?

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eye opening 3 (e3)

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17
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GCS for withdraws from pain?

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motor response 4 (m4)

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18
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GCS for extension response to pain?

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motor response 2 (m2)

19
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List all GCS scores in order from top to bottom

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Eye opening:

  • spontaneous 4
  • reacts to speech 3
  • reacts to pain 2
  • no response 1

Verbal response:

  • orientated 5
  • confused 4
  • inappropriate words 3
  • incomprehensible 2
  • no response 1

Motor response

  • obeys commands 6
  • localises to pain 5
  • withdraws from pain 4
  • flexion response 3
  • extension response 2
  • no responsive 1
20
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List the components of a physical status assessment?

A
  • Systematic
  • proximal to distal, superior to inferior
  • expose, palpate and auscultate
  • sensory and motor function
  • pain
21
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What are the 3 focused assessments?

A
  • neurological status assessment (nsa)
  • perfusion status assessment (psa)
  • respiratory status assessment (rsa)
22
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What does DCAP-BTLS

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  • deformities
  • constusions
  • abrasions
  • punctures and penetrations
  • burns
  • tenderness
  • lacerations
  • swelling
23
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what does sample stand for?

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  • signs and symptoms
  • allergies
  • medication
  • past medical history
  • last ins and outs
  • events leading up to incident
24
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What do we use OPQRST for and what does it stand for?

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- Pain assessment
AND
- onset/origin
- provocation
- quality 
- radiation
- severity 
- timing
25
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what scale can we use to assess pediatric pain?

A
  • wong baker FACES pain rating scale
26
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what does AMIST stand for? and when do we use it?

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  • Age
  • mechanism of injury
  • injuries
  • signs and symptoms
  • time of event and treatment
    AND
  • used in patient hand over
27
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Name two airway adjuncts and their indication for use?

A

NPA
- potential or actual airway obstruction
OPA
- maintain airway patency and as a bite block for intubated patients

28
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What are the 3 components of the triple airway manoeuver?

A
  • backwards head tilt
  • jaw thrust
  • jaw support/chin lift
29
Q

what percent of oxygen does a BVM (bag valve mask) deliver?

A

98-100%

30
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List the cylinders of oxygen and their corresponding carry capacity?

A
  • b 200L
  • c 400-490L
  • d 1500L
31
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Define shock?

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  • acute circulatory failure with inadequate or inappropriately distributed tissue perfusion resulting in generalised cellular hypoxia
32
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Define tidal volume?

A

the volume of air inspired or expired in a single resting breath

33
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Define the key difference between hypoxia and hypoxaemia?

A
  • hypoxia is oxygen deprivation on a cellular level

- hypoxaemia is oxygen deprivation in the arterial blood

34
Q

List 4 types of shock?

A
  • hypovolemic
  • cardiogenic
  • obstructive
  • anaphylactic
  • disruptive
35
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What are 3 types of haemorrhage?

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  • arterial
  • venous
  • capillary
36
Q

List the 4H’s and 4T’s

A

H’s

  • hypoxaemia
  • hypovolaemia
  • hypo/hyperthermia
  • hypo/hyperkalaemia and metabolic disorders

T’s

  • tamponade
  • tension pneumothorax
  • toxins, poisons, drugs
  • thrombosis pulmonary and coronary
37
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CPR ration for a child with 2 officers?

A

30 compressions to 2 breaths

38
Q

Name of a pain receptor?

A

nociceptor

39
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strength of 1 paracetamol tablet

A

500mg

40
Q

side effect of paracetamol?

A

nausea

41
Q

contraindications for methoxyflurane?

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  • known severe allergic reaction
  • less than 1 year old
  • hx of liver or renal disease
  • malignant hyperthermia
42
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total weekly dose of methoxyflurane?

A

15mL

43
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minimum age for methoxyflurane?

A
  • greather than 1 year old

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