MAST Review - ANSWER Systolic blood pressure has to be below 50 mm Hg. MAST trousers put pressure on the legs to get more blood to the heart. Another incident is systolic blood pressure below 90 mm Hg and an unstable pelvic fracture.
Which type of consent allows you to treat an unconscious patie...
MAST Review - ANSWER Systolic blood pressure has to be below 50 mm Hg. MAST
trousers put pressure on the legs to get more blood to the heart. Another incident
is systolic blood pressure below 90 mm Hg and an unstable pelvic fracture.
Which type of consent allows you to treat an unconscious patient? - ANSWER
Implied Consent *IMPORTANT*
In anatomic terms, an injury midway down the left forearm would be considered:
- ANSWER Distal to the elbow because it is further away from the shoulder (USE
YOUR ARM AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHERE THE INJURY IS.)
The systolic blood pressure is when the: - ANSWER Ventricles are contracting.
*IMPORTANT*
Which of the following best defines the term "to auscultate" - ANSWER Listening.
When examining a patient at the scene of an auto accident, you should check for
injuries to an extremity by doing all of the following EXCEPT - ANSWER
Manipulating the extremity for abnormal motion.
The "A" in the mnemonic AVPU, stands for: - ANSWER Alert. V = Verbal, P = Pain, U
= Unresponsive *IMPORTANT*
Foreign objects are kept from entering the trachea by the: - ANSWER Epiglottis
*IMPORTANT*
, In caring for a non-breathing patient with a stoma or tracheostomy tube, the EMS
provider must: - ANSWER Ventilate through the neck opening
In one minute, what should be the least amount of rate on compressions? -
ANSWER 100. (The rate of compressions should be 100-120). *IMPORTANT*
What part of your hand do you use to do compressions? - ANSWER The heel of
your hand.
A previously conscious patient with a partial airway obstruction becomes
unconscious, and the patient's "crowing" noises have stopped. The EMS Provider
should: - ANSWER Treat the patient as a complete airway obstruction patient.
Since the crowing noises stopped, the patients airway must be completely
obstructed
CPR Compression Rate: how many compressions per minute - ANSWER at least
100/min for all
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