Lecture

Question 1

AEIOU TIPS

Answer 1

• acidosis
• epilepsy
• insulence
• over-dose
• uremia
• trauma
• infection
• poisoning or psych
• stroke

Question 2

What vital signs might you see if someone is septic?

Answer 2

Hypotensive (low blood pressure) & widening pulse pressure

Question 3

What are the signs and symptoms of a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?

Answer 3

short term memory loss, repetitive questioning, loss of focus

• return to normal within 24 hours
• precursors to CVA’s

Question 4

CVA

Answer 4

Cerebral vascular attach

Question 5

What are the two types of strokes?

Answer 5

Ischemic & hemorrhagic

Question 6

If doctor can’t use TPA in patient, what type of stroke is it?

Answer 6

hemorrhagic

Question 7

Stroke scale

Answer 7

Level of consciousness, arm drift, hemiparesis, gaze, facial drooping

Question 8

How do you assess consciousness to determine whether someone is having a stroke

Answer 8

questions

Question 9

How do you assess arm drift?

Answer 9

have them move the arm, palm up, with their eyes closed and see if it drifts

Question 10

Hemiparesis

Answer 10

weakness of one entire side of the body - pay attention to which side of the body it is

Question 11

Signs and symptoms of a stroke

Answer 11

• acute onset
• dizziness, confusion, unresponsiveness
• headache
• vision distrubances
• numbness, tingling
• speech distrubances
• nausea/vomiting
• inability to swallow
• drooling

Question 12

Emergency treatment for stroke

Answer 12

Initial assessment 
MANAGE THE AIRWAY!!
Suction if needed
Be calm, talk to patient~
Watch what you say 
Oxygen
Position

Question 13

Grand mal seizure - ADD

Answer 13

Also called a generalized seizure

- chaotic random firing of the electrical impulses of the brain

Question 14

Febrile seizure

Answer 14

Most common in children, usually one-time event, history of cold, flu, or fever

Question 15

Emergency treatment for febrile seizure - FIX

Answer 15

• BSI

- Initial assessment

Question 16

How many people does it take to restrain someone?

Answer 16

5

Question 17

Can you keep handcuffs on someone in an ambulance?

Answer 17

No - must use soft restraints unless it’s a suspected criminal. Make sure to keep them face up

Question 18

Who can issue a 24 hour mental health hold?

Answer 18

Police, doctors, mental health workers

Question 19

Whats a normal blood pressure for a kid?

Answer 19

-

Question 20

How fast can ambulances go?

Answer 20

in CO, must travel with “due regard”

Question 21

Epistaxis definition & treatment

Answer 21

Bloody nose - pinch the nose and have them lean forward

Question 22

How many liters of fluid can be in the stomach before it looks distended?

Answer 22

3 liters

Question 23

Rigid and distended stomach means what?

Answer 23

Internal bleeding

Question 24

Red tinged coffee ground vomit or black tarry stools indicate what?

Answer 24

GI internal bleeding

Question 25

Stages of hemorrhagic shock

Answer 25

compensatory, decompensatory, irreversible

Question 26

Types of shock

Answer 26

• psychogenic
• anaphylatic
• neurogenic
• septic
• cardiogenic
• hypovolemic

Question 27

what’s a quick way to gain IV access if other spots are hard (ie if significant burns)

Answer 27

IO

Question 28

Difference between laceration & evulsion

Answer 28

evulsion = flap

Question 29

What is the best splint for multiple systems trauma?

Answer 29

Backboard - best full body splint

Question 30

Triage levels

Answer 30

black: already dead or cannot be saved
red: could die within a short period of time if left untreated
yellow: not huge risk now
green: walking wounded, not immediate life threat

Question 31

Reverse triage

Answer 31

for lightening strike - do the reverse. Start on the “dead” ones first - do CPR

Question 32

Whats the difference b/w a brown recluse bite and a black widow bite?

Answer 32

• Brown recluse: no pain, will start to get a blister

- Black widows: very immediate painful bite - can cause respiratory distress

Question 33

Have a pt with high altitude sickness - can bring down on horseback or bring down on helicopter. Which one do you do?

Answer 33

helicopter

Question 34

OB: what does para mean?

Answer 34

of live births

Question 35

OB: what dies gravida mean?

Answer 35

of pregnancies