TEST #4 Flashcards
What is the take me to throw a rope back at someone and water
Throw the object underhand to the patient
How do you relieve some water from the stomach after a drowning
This condition is called gastric distention. When gastric distention reaches a point at which it interferes with the capability to ventilate the patient placed a patient on his side. With suction immediately available place your hand over the patient’s epigastric area of the abdomen And apply from pressure to relieve the distention.
When a patient has a heat stroke, after doing the ABC’s, what do you do?
Immediately begin to cool the patient. For tempted water over the patient body. Please call packs in the patient’s groin on each side of the neck and in the armpits and behind knees.
How would you treat someone that has shortness of breath in altitude.
The best emergency care is to move the patient to a lower altitude in administer oxygen.
What position would you find someone who is suffering from an abdominal pain.
You would find a patient in a guarded position
What is the best intervention to make on a patient who is suffering from a heat stroke.
The first step is to remove the patient from the source of heat and place them in a cool environment. After that remove as much of the patients clothing as it as possible a reasonable.
What are the predisposing factors for generalized hypothermia?
Age, Temperature wind chill and moisture, Medical conditions, alcohol drugs, duration of exposure, clothing, activity level
What is the process to rewarm a body part that has been exposed to the cold?
1. Immersive effected tissue in warm water bath
- Monitor the water that it stays at an even temperature
- Stir the water to keep heat evenly distributed
- Keep the tissue in warm water until the software and color and sensation return
- Following the time process dress the area with dry sterile dressings
- Elevate the extremity
- protect against refreezing
- Transport as soon as possible
What do you need to be careful fort with bath salts?
Your priority is providing emergency medical Care for the patient is to protect yourself and your crew because the patient might be combative and require restraint.
What are the effects of activated charcoal
Activated charcoal maybe used for a patient who has ingested poison by mouth. Activated charcoal absorbs poison in the stomach and prevents absorption from the body.
What are the different ways a substance can get into your body
Ingestion, inhalation, injection, absorption
What are the signs and symptoms of somebody going through withdrawals
Anxiety and agitation, confusion, tremors, profuse sweating, elevated temperature, increase heart rate and blood pressure, hallucinations, nausea, seizures
Hemophilia
It is a blood disorder that affects clotting
Thrombophilia
It is an abnormal clotting condition
Define endometritis and endometriosis
Endometriosis is the inflammation of the endometrium
Endometrious is a condition where the endometrium tissue grows outside the uterus
Pancreatitis
Inflammation of the pancreas can cause severe pain in the middle and upper quadrant of the abdomen. Some of the signs and symptoms are abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, domino tenderness, mild jaundice.
Esophageal varices
Bulging or weakening of the blood vessels lining the lower part of the esophagus. Some of the sign and symptoms are Large amount of vomiting blood (hematemesis), Rapid pulse, breeding difficulty, hail cool plan skin, absence of pain or tenderness the abdomen
Signs and symptoms of acute abdominal pain
- Being a guard position
- Poor general appearance
- Unresponsive
- Not following commands
- Signs of shock
What is Peritonitis and what is it causing
Information and irritation of the pertonium is called peritinitis. Peritonitis occurs when blood pus, Bacteria, or chemical substance leak into the paratonial cavity
Glucagon
Glucagon Is exactly the opposite of insulin function. When the blood glucose level is low glucagon works to increase the blood glucose level. Glucagon’s major role in the body is to raise and maintain the blood glucose level.
What is the fasting blood sugar of someone who has not eaten in 8 to 12 hours
After an 8 to 12 hour fast, a non-diabetic patients glucose typically Falls to 80 to 90 mg/dl.
What three things a person needs to have to administer oral glucose?
1. Have an altered mental status
- Have a history of diabetes Controlled by medication or a reading of less than 70
- They can swallow
What activities can cause a diabetics to go down
- The patient takes insulin and does not eat a meal
- The patient drastically increases their activity beyond normal
- The patient takes too much insulin either takes too much at once or forgets to take an extra dose
Did you aren’t sure someone is Hyper glycemic or hypo glycemic what are you do
You give the oral glucose
What are some signs When I arrive into a scene that someone is a diabetic
Bracelets, tattoos, medication
What to do when someone decides to have suicide by ingestion
You take the substance or containers with you as long as it is safe to provide a clue on what they ingested.
Thrombocytopenia
Abnormal low level of platelets
Leukemia
A cancer of the Early forming blood cells
Signs and symptoms of acute pancreatitis
- upper abdominal pain
- Pain that radiates to your back
- Tenderness when touching the abdomen
- fever
Signs and symptoms of generalized hyperthermia
Elevated court temperature, muscle cramps, weakness or exhausting, dizziness or fitness, rapid pulse that gets weak, headache
Signs and symptoms of a Slow G.I. bleed
Black or tarry stool (hematochezia), bright red vomit (hematemesis) , cramps in the abdomen
What piece of equipment is used to check oxygen levels
Pulseoxometer
