Chapter 15 aaos emt - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AAOS EMT Eleventh Edition Chapter 8 Lifting and Moving PatientsTo protect a restrained patient and prevent him from using leverage to break free, the EMT should secure __________. - correct answer one arm above the head The _________ is both the mechanical weight-bearing base of the spinal column and the fused central posterior section of the pelvic girdle. - correct answer sacrum An EMT may injure his or her back, even if it is straight, if the: - correct answer back is bent forward at th...

pulmonary embolism - correct answer blood clot lodged in a pulmonary artery Oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange takes place here - correct answer alveoli When is PASTE used? - correct answer Respiratory distress calls If carbon dioxide drops too low how does a person breath? - correct answer slower and less deeply If carbon dioxide in the arterial blood rises above normal, how does the patient breathe? - correct answer Rapidly and deeply Inflammation and sw...

AAOS Chapter 8 EMT Questions and Answers 100% Pass Accessory muscles The secondary muscles of respiration . they include the neck muscles, the chest pectoralis major muscles, and the abdominal muscles Auscultate To listen to sounds within an organ with a stethoscope AVPU Scale A method of assessing the level of consciousness by determining whether the patient is awake and alert responsive to verbal stimuli or pain or unresponsive used principally early in the assessment process Blood Pressure...

meningitis - correct answer an inflammation of the meningeal coverings of the brain and spinal cord; patients have signs and symptoms of a fever, headache, stiff neck, and altered mental status tuberculosis - correct answer chronic mycobacterial disease that usually strikes the lungs; patients who use the highest risk almost invariably have a cough pertussis - correct answer whooping cough; an airborne disease caused by bacteria that mostly affects children younger than 6 ...

pulmonary embolism - correct answer blood clot lodged in a pulmonary artery Oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange takes place here - correct answer alveoli When is PASTE used? - correct answer Respiratory distress calls If carbon dioxide drops too low how does a person breath? - correct answer slower and less deeply If carbon dioxide in the arterial blood rises above normal, how does the patient breathe? - correct answer Rapidly and deeply Inflammation and swelling in the upper airwa...