Emt pneumothorax Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

EMT NCTI Final Exam Focus. Treating an emancipated minor. Treated as an adult unless pregnant and decisions affect fetus. What is a respiration? Breathing in oxygen breathing out carbon dioxide. What is a ventilation? Air movement in and out of the lungs. Effects of GSW on the body. Pierce tissue, shattered bones, dislocate limbs, sucking chest room, tension pneumothorax. Who regulates the standard of care for EMT's and paramedic? NREMT Epidural Hematoma Accumulation of blood betwee...

Exam 5 Trauma (MSC ORT Trauma) Latest Questions and Answers What characteristically happens when there is a fracture to the mandible from blunt force trauma to the face? A. It fractures in two places. B. It causes the tongue to deviate laterally. C. It becomes locked in an open position. D. It becomes locked in a closed position. - CORRECT ANSWER-A You are treating a patient who suffered several facial lacerations during an automobile accident. As you are assessing the patient's...

A 60-year-old man is found to be unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. You should: Select one: A. start CPR and transport immediately. B. begin CPR until an AED is available. C. withhold CPR until he is defibrillated. D. determine if he has a valid living will. - ANSWER B. begin CPR until an AED is available. Basic life support (BLS) is defined as: Select one: A. basic lifesaving treatment that is performed by bystanders while EMS providers are en route to the scene of an emergency. B....

Test Bank Nancy Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Streets 9th Edition By Nancy L. Caroline (2023/2024) ISBN: 1284274047 /All Chapters/ Complete Guide A+. CHAPTER 1 1. EMS stands for: a. Evolve Medical Service b. Emergency Medical Services c. Emergency Medical School d. European Medical Services ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Pg. 4 2. The first recorded use of an ambulance was by the military during the Siege of Malaga in: a. At the beginning of 1400 b. In the mid of 1400 c. At the start of ...

EMT MOD 5 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What is a hematoma? [Ans: - A swelling caused by the collection of blood under the skin or in damaged tissues as a result of an injured or broken blood vessel? What is pneumothroax? [Ans: - Air in the chest cavity What is tension pneumothorax? [Ans: - A tupe of pneumothorax in which air that enters the chest cavity is prevented from escaping What is an evisceration? [Ans: - An intestie or other internal organ protruding through a wound in the abdomen? ...

EMT BASIC, MODULE 5 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED 2023 You suspect that a 66-year-old female patient has pneumonia. Vital signs are P110, R20, BP 110/84 and her SpO2 is 92% on room air. You should first [Ans: - administer oxygen at 2 lpm via nasal cannula. Which of the following is an easily recognizable prescribed medication for a patient for a respiratory disease? [Ans: - Levalbuterol When treating a COPD patient who had a sudden onset of sharp chest pain and difficulty breathing while doing ...

EMT FISDAP FINAL Exam Questions and ANSWERS 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 distention tracheal deviation What organ could be affected by trauma to the upper right quadrant liver flail chest is charcterized and def...

EMT FISDAP FINAL Exam Questions and ANSWERS 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 distention tracheal deviation What organ could be affected by trauma to the upper right quadrant liver flail chest is charcterized and def...

EMT Test Questions 2023 (240 Questions and Answers / Assured Answers what type of breathing is present in bronchitis: [Correct Ans: - coarse rhonchi; wheezes, scattered rales treatment for bronchitis: [Correct Ans: - CPAP what is asthma: [Correct Ans: - irritatants/allergens causing bronchospasm; swelling of inner airways s/s of asthma [Correct Ans: - sudden dyyspnea, cough, wheezing, tachypnea, tachycardia, use of assessory muscles, feever, pulsus paradoxus, what type of breathing ...

EMT FISDAP FINAL EXAM 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 distention tracheal deviation What organ could be affected by trauma to the upper right quadrant liver flail chest is charcterized and defined by paradoxical motion 2 or more...