Emergency Medicine Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
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Emergency Medicine
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Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Exam Questions
and Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
Initial steps in stabilizing a patient - CDAB
* Circulation (rapid CPR to reestablish circulation)
* Defibrillaiton
- Airway
- Breathing
- the main goal is to restore effective oxygenation,ventilation and circulation
unti...
EMTALA - ✔✔Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
- hospitals are obligated to screen/treat a patient in the ER regardless of
insurance
- if a emergency medical condition exists - they must stabilize the patient
before transferring or d/c the pt
- an emergency condition is anything with an abromal vital sign
Triage - ✔✔"trier" - to separate, sift or select based on priority of condition
Emergency Severity Index - ✔✔- Categorize based on severity: 1 to 5
1 - most severe: cyanotic/not breathing - unreseponsive or not talking
2 - MI (life threatening but talking)
3- appendicitis/ abdomino pelvic pain
4- ankle swelling, broken leg
5- suture removal
* Things you can physically see on a patient tent to be a category 4 or 5 =
FAST TRACTS (ie broken arm, small cut)
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