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Which intervention or interventions would have the MOST positive impact on the cardiac arrest patient's outcome? - Early CPR and defibrillation The AED gives "no shock" message to a patient who is in cardiac arrest. You should: - Resume chest compressions What is the maximum amount of time th...

What is the amount of air that normally reaches the alveoli in an adult? - 350ml How much air is in the average adult ventilation? - 500ml How much air is lost in the area of dead space when an adult is ventilating? - 150ml A 67 year old male complains of mild respiratory distress. He smokes 4 pa...

1. A 30 year old climber is experiencing sever shortness of breath after reaching an elevation of 12000feet. The PT is very anxious and has rales noted to all quadrants but is otherwise healthy. He is not accustomed to high altitudes. What should you do? - Administer oxygen while descending to a ...

what do you do for labored, contstriction, or lack of tidal volume - assist ventilations with BVM What do you do for acid in eyes - irrigate, if contacts take them out Signs and Symptoms of tension pneumothorax - progressive shortness of breath increased altered level of consciousness neck vein ...

Part 800 - NYS EMS protocol. Everything you must keep in the ambulance is included. Medical director - The physician who authorizes or delegates to the EMT the authority to provide medical care in the field. Reciprocity - Ability to transfer state to state as an EMT Scene Safety - steps taken to...

A patient is found unresponsive in his small bathroom. He is not breathing and is sitting in the corner. Two EMTs are able to reach him, but they are unable to stand side by side. He appears to weigh about 150 pounds and there is no evidence that he has been injured. Which of the following would b...

A positive TB skin test indicates that: - . you have been exposed to the disease. Which of the following scenarios MOST accurately depicts abandonment? - A paramedic transfers patient care to an EMT When you begin an oral report, you should state the patient's age, sex, and: - chief complaint. ...

s/s of rupture of varices - pt will report of an abrupt onset of discomfort in the throat, may have severe dysphagia, vomiting bright red blood (hematemesis),hypotension, and signs of shock. patients who have liver disease. s/s of lower GI bleed - hematochezia (bright red blood)- stool and blood ...

Loss of tissue in a traumatic event can be: just soft tissue, a portion of an extremity, or an entire extremity. If your patient has lost the distal one-third of a lower extremity, what would that injury be called? a)Amplitude b)Avulsion c)Extremity exodus d)Amputation - d)Amputation Your pat...

Just because a patient is attempting to breathe against a partially occluded airway, if they do NOT move enough air to reach the alveoli, what secondary complication might they experience? - Hypoxia or Hypercapnia During cellular respiration and metabolism, there is constant production of acidic ...

SLUDGEM - salivation, sweating lacrimation urination defecation, drooling, diarrhea gastric upset and cramps emesis muscle twitching/miosis (pinpoint pupils) Opiates and opioids - morphine, codeine, and heroin, methadone, oxycodone hypoventilation, respiratory arrest, pinpoint pupils, sedati...

Signs and symptoms of angina: - -crushing, squeezing, "like somebody standing on their chest" -Usually felt in midportion of chest under sternum, can radiate to jaw, back, or epigastrum -Pain goes away after 3-8 min -Associated with SOB, nausea, vomiting A blood clot that floats through blood ...

a 2 month old infant was found unresponsive in his crib by his mother when you arrive, you determine that the infant is apneic and pulseless his skin is pale and cold and his arms are stiff you should: - inform the child's mother that her son is deceased pregant women are advised to take iron s...

A 46 y/o female was involved in a bar fight and has an obvious open neck wound. You should dress this wound with a/ an A. Occlusive dressing B. Sterile gauze dressing C. Pressure dressing D. Moist gauze dressing - Occlusive dressing A 23 y/o construction worker twisted his foot climbing up a l...