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Common causes of a seizure include: - ANSWER Epilepsy, brain tumors, brain
infections, and drug overdoses.
What mnemonic is used to remember how to assess a stroke? - ANSWER FAST: Facial
droop, Arm drift, Speech and Time.
Common causes of ALOC: - ANSWER Hypoglycemia, drug overdose, alcohol
intoxication, and stroke.
Enteral medication enters the body through ____. - ANSWER Digestive system
If a newborn is not breathing immediately after birth, the initial measures to stimulate
the baby include ____. - ANSWER Drying, warming, tactile stimulation, positioning the
airway, and suctioning.
What are the two types of trauma? - ANSWER Blunt and penetrating
What type of injury is caused by exposure to heat, radiation, toxins, chemical
substances, and/or electricity? - ANSWER Burns
What are the two parts of the nervous system? - ANSWER Autonomic and somatic
, What is the name given to the inability to recall information except for that encountered
immediately prior to having a head injury? - ANSWER Retrograde amnesia
What is commotio cordis? - ANSWER A chest injury caused by a sudden blunt impact
to the chest during a critical phase of the heart beat.
Air forming in the soft tissue around the larynx or trachea is called ____. - ANSWER
Subcutaneous emphysema
What type of injury is categorized by the terms linear, depressed, open, and basilar?
- ANSWER Skull fractures
What standard scale is used to assess neurologic responses? - ANSWER Glasgow
coma scale
A normal respiratory rate for an adult is ____ while a normal respiratory rate for a
newborn is ____. - ANSWER 12-20 and 30-60
Wheezing can be described as ____. - ANSWER High pitched whistling sound.
Suction for no more than ___ seconds at a time. - ANSWER 5 infants/10 kids/15 adults
If manually ventilating a patient, you should squeeze the bag every ____ seconds for an
adult and every ____ seconds for a child. - ANSWER 5-6 and 3-5
A nasal cannula can be run at how many LPM? - ANSWER 1-6
You're on scene at a high school football game. A football player collapsed to the
ground. He has a pulse, a respiratory rate of 4 breaths per minute, breaths are
very shallow and he is grunting slightly. Airway management should include ____.
- ANSWER Manual ventilation with supplemental oxygen.
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