M.O.I. correct answers Mechanism of Injury, vehicles, falls etc.
what do you generally set oxygen to? correct answers 15L/M
How to open airway for a trauma victim? correct answers chin lift/jaw thrust
apneic correct answers not breathing
N.O.I correct answers nature of illness
AVPU c...
skin CTC correct answers color,temperature, condition (normal is warm,pink and dry)
hypoperfusion correct answers Shock.... decreased delivery of oxygen and nutrients to cells)
OPQRST correct answers for conditions occuring right now (medical) Onset, Provocation,
quality,radiation, severity, time
Onset correct answers What were you doing when this happened? did it happen suddenly or
gradually? could ...... have caused this?
Provocation correct answers What makes your pain feel better or worse? does it hurt when you
do .........?
quality correct answers How would you describe your pain? what does your pain feel like?
radiation correct answers Where does it hurt the most? is it staying in one spot? where was it
when the pain started
severity correct answers on scale of 1 to 10 how bad is your pain?
time correct answers how long has it been since the pain started?
signs versus symptoms correct answers signs: something you see
symptoms: something they tell you
nitroglycerin correct answers vasodilation of coronary arteries
What is first priority after personal safety? correct answers patient care
brady (root) correct answers below normal, slow
tachy (root) correct answers above normal, rapid
,tachypnea correct answers rapid breathing
plegia correct answers paralysis of the limbs quadraplegia (four limbs) quad=4
bilateral correct answers both sides
dorsal/ventral correct answers dorsal: back of body
ventral: front of body
palmar/plantar correct answers palmar: palm of the hand
plantar: sole of the foot
where to place stethescope for lung sounds? correct answers mid-clavicular lines
fowler position correct answers sitting up
integumentary system correct answers forms protective barrier and aids in temperature regulation
(skin, hair, nails and sweat glands)
zygomatic correct answers bones that form the structure of the cheeks
proximate cause correct answers when what you did caused further harm.
why would you use an emergency move? correct answers scene is unsafe, you must get to other
patients, care of life threatening injuries requires repositioning
when to use a urgent move? correct answers when patients condition is declining: backboarding,
removing from a car etc.
what side should you roll recovery position? correct answers left side
malleolus correct answers ankle bone
c1 and c2 correct answers atlas and axis
How many total vertebrae? correct answers 33
portions of skull correct answers frontal, occipital, temporal, parietal (sides)
calcaneous correct answers heel bone
normal respiratory rate for children and infants correct answers c: 15-30 I: 25-50
two major bones of the pelvis correct answers ilium (superior and widest) and ischium
, epiglottis correct answers structure that prevents foreign matter from entering the trachea
larynx correct answers voice box
bronchi correct answers two large branches that come off the trachea
diaphragm correct answers muscular structure that divides the chest from the abdomen
ventalation vs respiration correct answers ventilation is moving gases between inhaled air and
blood, respiration is the moving of oxygen between blood and cells
what is the muscle of the heart? correct answers myocardium
what is the pacemaker of the heart correct answers sinoatrial node (SA node)
exceptions to the veins= oxygen poor and arteries= oxygen rich rule correct answers the
pulmonary artery and pulmonary veins
liver correct answers produces bile, detoxifying
gallbladder correct answers stores bile from the liver
kidney correct answers filters blood and produces urine
ureters correct answers tubes connection kidney to the bladder
hydrostatic pressure correct answers pushing of fluid out of the blood vessels
systemic vascular resistance (SVR) correct answers pressure that the heart must overcome to
pump blood into a specific system
stroke volume correct answers amount of blood ejected from the heart with one contraction
V/Q match correct answers ventilation perfusion match, optimum exchange of oxygen and
carbon dioxide
edema correct answers swelling, when water moves into the interstitial space
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